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While Eller advised farmers to sell heavy in the fall, he reversed his recommendations for buying stock to carry over to spring sale. Sell heavy but buy light, he suggested.
The profit picture in beef production looks better if a farmer buys calves that weigh “fcbout 400 pounds in the fall, Eller noted. It’s possible to achieve a higher profit margin with steers that weigh 400 to 450 pounds than with steers that weigh between 500 and 550 pounds, according to the Extension Specialist. Generally, he advised buying steers for a yearling program rather than heifers. If the price differential between heifers and steers is big enough to make heifers a better buy, Eller said that wintering heifers to sell by
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