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This depends on the weight, sex, health, and even breed of the calf. Price also differs with location. Steers tend to go for more than heifers do, and heavier calves tend to sell for less than lighter calves do. A healthy soggy-looking calf (one that is bright and at a healthy weight) will also sell for more than a scrawny sickly-looking calf. Check with your local market for prices of feeder calves.
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What is a cattle trough?
a drinking box/contaner for cattle
When will feeder cattle prices go down?
as soon as they get little customers
What is the difference between live cattle and feeder cattle?
Their both one and the same, actually. But live cattle are cattle that are alive, walking around, hearing, seeing, smelling feeling creatures. Feeder cattle are live cattle that are fed in a drylot situation prior to slaughter. Feeders are often younger weaned calves that are being backgrounded on a forage-based diet before they are reverted to a hot diet of grain before slaughter.
What is a container for cattle food called?
A manger, a trough, a feed bunk, bale feeder, etc.
What is the world's leading cattle feeder?
Conti Group Companies, Inc. is the world's leading cattle feeder
What do cattle like to do?
Cattle like to eat (be it grazing or eating from a feed bunk or hay feeder), sleep, and mate (particularly bulls and cows/heifers that go in heat). That's about it.
What is a trend in selling cattle?
Cattle are priced according to the quality and amount of meat in the carcass rather than by their weight alone. Thus, there is a growing trend toward selling cattle on "grade and yield."
What are feeder heifers?
Feeder cattle are young cattle (steers and heifers) that are carrying more weight or condition than stocker cattle and are ready to be put on a "hot" ration (or high-energy ration like grain) for finishing prior to slaughter. Quite often these cattle have started out as stockers or backgrounders and have been raised and fed on a high-forage-based ration to the point where they've grown enough and put on enough weight (in both fat and muscle; this is known as "condition") to be considered as feeder cattle. Feeder cattle are often between the 10 to 18 months, depending on the length of backgrounding/stockering phase they went through.
What has the author John Teller Carpenter written?
John Teller Carpenter has written: 'The feasibility of establishing a futures delivery point for Pacific Northwest feeder cattle' -- subject(s): Marketing, Cattle
How are cattle priced?
On a $/lb basis.
What are some commodities that can be traded?
The main commodities that can be traded include the following: corn, oats, rough rice, soy-beans, milk, wheat, rapeseed, live cattle, feeder cattle and crude oil.
What is meat from a cow that is less than one year old called?
The name that is applied to meat that comes from a cattle that is over one year old is "beef."
