As we transfer into fall, now we have a fairly good really feel for the scale of the 2022 corn crop. Acreage is down considerably from final 12 months and yield projections had been decreased by virtually 3 bushels this month to 172.5 per acre. After spending a while under $6 per bushel this summer time, CME© December corn futures are within the higher $6 per bushel vary. Barring a serious shock on the demand aspect, feed costs are going to be a problem for cattle operations this winter. So, I needed to briefly speak by means of some implications of excessive feed costs on feeder cattle advertising and administration.
Maybe a very powerful factor to recollect is that price of achieve and worth of achieve are correlated. Feedlots want to position heavier feeder cattle when feed costs are excessive, so the worth low cost on greater weights will get smaller. This narrowing of worth slides will increase the worth of extra kilos when feeder cattle are bought. I hear much more dialogue of feed costs than worth of achieve when producers focus on cattle feeding applications. In reality, alternatives can nonetheless exist in excessive feed worth markets relying on cattle worth dynamics. So, producers must push the pencil on post-weaning feeding applications to find out if alternatives exist this fall and winter. Usually talking, there’s extra feed flexibility for rising applications than ending applications. Producers might discover that alternatives to develop feeders nonetheless exist, particularly if they’ll effectively make use of other feeds.
Alongside those self same traces, producers want to ensure they distinguish between price of feed and price of achieve. Value per ton of feed actually doesn’t inform me a lot except I do know one thing about that feed’s (or ration’s) capacity to place weight on cattle. There are many methods to decrease feed price per ton, however I have to make sure that I’m not dropping extra worth of achieve than I’m saving in price per ton. For this reason I are likely to lean in direction of price of achieve when evaluating applications and like to run a number of applications by means of a full backgrounding funds to match anticipated revenue.
Lastly, there are additionally implications for fall grazing. A fast look on the drought monitor reveals how a lot variation exists throughout the county. However, if you’re in an space that has had good moisture situations and is getting stable pasture development, make sure to make the most of that to the extent attainable. Whereas grazing prices have elevated just lately as effectively, they’ve definitely not elevated as a lot as bought feed. So, fall pasture is probably going essentially the most engaging feed that may make the most of so as to add kilos. The present market additionally will increase incentives to include rotational grazing or strip grazing to extend the utilization of these forages.
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