# Leveraging the Price Slide: A Marketing Opportunity Amid Record-High Prices | Center for Agricultural Profitability | Nebraska

> 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.

- Date: 2025-04-03 · published 2025-04-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Nebraska · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/25265-leveraging-the-price-slide-a-marketing-opportunity-amid-record-high-prices
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

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.

## Sources

- cap.unl.edu: https://cap.unl.edu/news/leveraging-price-slide-marketing-opportunity-amid-record-high-prices/

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