Edited: I hit the wrong number last night and put in 1974 instead of 1975.
I remember back in 1975 when roping calves went to $2.00 a pound. By 1976 they were way cheaper.
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: The last couple years calves have been very
: costly. Last year it was almost embarrassing
: to admit what we had to pay for calves. I
: wouldn't say the cattle market crashed, but
: it has surely come down.
: I have a couple neighbors who feed a lot of
: cattle over the years. One decided last fall
: he wasn't going to put feeders back in while
: the other guy cut his numbers back. Looks
: like they made a good decision.
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: The price of cattle crash. I took some 550
: pound heifers to the market a few weeks ago
: and got half the money I did about 14 months
: ago.
:
: I see just in the last 7 days the price of
: roping calves has dropped as much as 35
: cents and this is usually the high price
: time of year. Even cows has dropped about
: 10 to 15 cents.
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