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Alternative Retention and Marketing Strategies for Cull Beef Cows

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  • Raper, Kellie
  • Amadou, Zakou
  • Biermacher, Jon T.
  • Cook, Billy
  • Ford, Devlon
  • Ward, Clement E.

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Cull cows are a revenue source that gets relatively little attention for cow-calf producers with respect to marketing strategy. This three-year study compares alternative marketing strategies with the traditional practice of marketing spring-calving cull cows in the fall immediately after weaning. Cull cows were randomly assigned to either a pasture or low-cost dry-lot feeding program. Results favor the lower cost, pasture-based feeding program with spring marketing over fall marketing. Low-cost maintenance coupled with seasonal increases in slaughter cow prices beyond culling combined to increase net returns for retaining and feeding cows on native pasture for about a three-month period.

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  • Raper, Kellie & Amadou, Zakou & Biermacher, Jon T. & Cook, Billy & Ford, Devlon & Ward, Clement E., 2013. "Alternative Retention and Marketing Strategies for Cull Beef Cows," Journal of the ASFMRA, American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, vol. 2013, pages 1-20, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:jasfmr:161500
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.161500
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