Feedlot Capacity And Long-Term Profitability

If we can agree that feedlot one-time capacity is probably over 16 million head, then what is the demand for cattle for a year? How many turns of cattle will feedlots make in a year? If the industry is moving towards heavier placement weights and therefore fewer days on feed, then what is the annual...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:Beef 2011-03
1. Verfasser: Dillon Feuz
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Online-Zugang:Volltext
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:If we can agree that feedlot one-time capacity is probably over 16 million head, then what is the demand for cattle for a year? How many turns of cattle will feedlots make in a year? If the industry is moving towards heavier placement weights and therefore fewer days on feed, then what is the annual feeding capacity? If cattle are only fed for 120 days, then feedlots could feed three sets of cattle for a year. If the average number of days on feed were 150, then feedlots could feed about 2.4 sets of cattle.
ISSN:0005-7738