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Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Keywords
Feedlots, Beef cattle, Cost analysis, Western Australia
Disciplines
Agricultural Economics | Beef Science | Comparative Nutrition
First Page Number
25
Last Page Number
27
ISSN
0021-8618
Abstract
THE current surge of interest in feedlots stems from low coarse grain prices and comparatively low early summer baby beef prices. Cattle raisers sense the opportunity for higher prices by holding the cattle on the farm over summer and autumn, and grain producers see better returns from barley and oats fed to cattle than sold as grain.
This article examines the profitability of cattle feedlots and presents sample budgets for two typical situations—the farmer who produces his own cattle but buys grain, and the cereal grower who produces grain but buys in cattle for finishing in a feedlot.
A ready reckoner gives the probable margins for feedlotting cattle at various buying and selling prices.
Recommended Citation
Stoate, J T.
(1971)
"When is a cattle feedlot profitable?,"
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4: Vol. 12:
No.
1, Article 8.
Available at:
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/journal_agriculture4/vol12/iss1/8