Net Returns from Feeding Cull Beef Cows: The Influence of Initial Body Condition Score

Zakou Amadou, Kellie Raper, Jon T. Biermacher, Billy Cook and Clement Ward

Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2014, vol. 46, issue 01, 17

Abstract: The impact of initial body condition scores on net returns from retaining beef cull cows for delayed marketing was investigated in a three-year experiment. Cows were retained either on native grass pasture or in a low-input dry lot setting. Net returns are examined across five alternative marketing periods, including culling. Sensitivity of net returns to changes in retention cost is also examined. Although a native grass pasture system was generally more profitable than a low-input dry lot system, thin and medium cows were typically more profitable than cows with higher initial body condition score regardless of the feeding system.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.169046

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