While feeder cattle prices remain high, Stockman’s Livestock co-owner and auctioneer Dan Koupal says input costs have also increased. “The average age of the farmer is getting higher all the time and we’ve got less people doing it so basically cow numbers are lower and demand is out there right now.” Corn prices play a huge role as feeders pencil out the cost of gain on higher-priced cattle.
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