Articles tagged under: cow slaughter
Cow Liquidation is Ongoing
Published March 30, 2022
Drought is impacting the Southern Plains during their graze-out season. Beef cows being liquidated at record speed. While many in the Northern Plains watched sales peak earlier in the fall and early winter, NDSU Extension Livestock Economist Tim Petry says…Beef Cow Slaughter Up Nationwide, Down in Northern Plains
Published December 20, 2021
Beef cow slaughter was up more than seven percent nationwide this fall. From September-to-December, beef cow slaughter totaled 935,500 head, nearly 63,000 more than during the same time one year ago. The largest fall cow run was in the Southeast,…