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it you are tceding cattle, ao it with two things in mind if possible. First, plan to finish as many as you can for market after January 1. There are more cattle on feed across the nation this year, hut they will bei marketed earlier. Catte prices usually bottom some time in November, and there may be a bigger re-bound this year, ’
Second, plan your feeding so the cattle movej into a higher grade. They 11 bring more. The Virginia market is always full of low grade beef cattle, j
But remember, discounts will be heavy fof caitle weighing over 1,150. Don’t hold vcalers Prices .are good and vqu run the risk of/feeding them to over 240 pounds, which is about where discounts
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It probobly will pay to hold cows a little longer, if rhey^are not quite finished and you haveJots of cheap grass and hay. Cow prices should hold an* may rise a little.
But don’t feed cows into the ' winter unless you are planning on a calf next year.
Choice steers were bringing $25 to $27 in Virginia auctions last week, with good steers $23 to $25 and standard $20 to $23. In Cbi
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