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Cattle Feeding in the United States

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  • Gustafson, Ronald A.
  • Van Arsdall, Roy N.

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This report describes the beef cattle industry and traces some recent trends in its makeup, it centers mainly on the cattle-feeding phase of the industry, but also considers feeder cattle and marketing. Beef consumption is high and still rising. Beef now accounts for about two-thirds of all red meat consumed in the United States. Continuation of present per capita trends coupled with increasing population will call for a third more beef by 1980. However, the supply of feeder cattle may become a limiting factor. Past increases have come from saving more calves as well as from larger numbers. Nearly all available calves are now used for feeders. Hence, further supplies will have to come from expanding beef cow numbers. Large-scale feedlots (those with 1,000 or more head capacity) accounted for only 1 percent of all feedlots in 1968, but they handled nearly half of all fed cattle. Farmer feedlots handled the others. Nearly all regions produce some fed cattle, but the leading cattle feeding areas are in the Corn Belt, the Northern Plains, the High Plains, and California. Large-scale commercial feedlots operate under a variety of arrangements in addition to feeding their own cattle. Some do custom or contract feeding. Some are tied into cooperatives, packing plants, or cattle ranches. Financing the physical plant for feeding cattle may run from a few thousand dollars to several million.

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  • Gustafson, Ronald A. & Van Arsdall, Roy N., 1970. "Cattle Feeding in the United States," Agricultural Economic Reports 307407, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uerser:307407
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.307407
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    1. Faminow, Merle D. & Sarhan, M.E., 1984. "Simulated Impact Of A Regional Shift In Fed Cattle Production On The Location Of Fed Cattle Slaughter," Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 9(1), pages 1-8, July.
    2. Rojko, Anthony S. & Regier, Donald W. & O'Brien, Patrick & Coffing, Arthur L. & Bailey, Linda, 1978. "Alternative Futures for World Food in 1985: Volume 1, World GOL Model Analytical Report," Foreign Agricultural Economic Report (FAER) 146876, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    3. Taylor, Donald C., 1994. "Livestock Manure Production and Disposition: South Dakota Feedlots-Farms-Ranches," Economics Research Papers 232155, South Dakota State University, Department of Economics.
    4. Sankey, Lee, 1991. "Regional cattle feeding: a comparative analysis of regional production costs of fed beef produced for the U.S. and Japanese markets," ISU General Staff Papers 1991010108000018170, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
    5. Gilliam, Henry C., 1984. "The U.S. Beef Cow-Calf Industry," Agricultural Economic Reports 305465, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    6. Lanier, Eleanor B., 1972. "Economics of Agriculture: Reports and Publications Issued or Sponsored by USDA's Economic Research Service, July 1970-June 1971," Miscellaneous Publications 321803, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    7. Johnson, J. B. & Davis, Gary A. & Martin, J. Rod & Gee, C. Kerry, 1975. "Economic Impacts of Controlling Surface Water Runoff from Fed-Beef Production Facilities," Agricultural Economic Reports 307537, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    8. Economics, Statistics, and Cooperatives Service, 1979. "Status of the Family Farm: Second Annual Report to Congress," Agricultural Economic Reports 307720, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

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