A market expert says higher beef prices are creating additional challenges for dairy herd expansion.
Mike North with Ever.ag says dairy producers have been using sexed semen to get beef calves from dairy cows as cattle markets have notched record highs. “Some of these two and three-day-old calves are bringing as much as a thousand dollars, and so if I’ve got an opportunity to make a thousand dollars on a calf without having to feed it for a year and a half, that’s a fantastic opportunity.”
He tells Brownfield the beef on dairy trend has resulted in tight replacement heifer supplies and higher heifer prices. “Some animals moving in the northwest last week were north of $4,000 an animal. That’s a pretty tall price, and so now, guess what? We’re seeing people starting to switch some of their breeding back to that replacement animal.”
January 7, 2025
By Larry Lee
Commenti