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A Nebraska extension analysis explains the price slide, where lighter calves command higher prices per pound than heavier calves. Nebraska receipts for 750- to 800-pound steers averaged $269.59/cwt in 2024, about $40 higher than the year before.
The authors suggest the current valuation offers producers a chance to capture extra value.
The price slide affects how cattle feeders value weight gain and feed inputs, since heavier animals cost more to add weight to. This marketing spread shapes decisions on placement weights and ration intensity.
cap.unl.eduApr 3, 2025Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
