Local Meats Field Day April 20th

 

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Demand for sustainably raised meat and fiber is increasing. Consumers are demanding more information about where their food comes from and seeking out relationships with the people who grow it. Washington livestock producers of all shapes and sizes are invited to the Local Meats Field Day at the Windy N Ranch (www.windynranch.com) in Ellensburg on April 20^th. The event, starting at 9:00AM and continuing through a free lamb chili lunch, ending around 1:00PM, will highlight practices successfully used by the Newhall Family in their efforts to become a fully certified organic farm

Cow Camp Chatter: Steer-Heifer Price Spread

Ron Torell, Long-Standing Educator and Advocate of Agriculture

            Why do heifer calves sell so far back from their steer mates?  Regardless of the similarities between the cost of production with steers and heifers,  steer calves generally demand up to a dime more per pound at weaning than their heifer mates.  One would expect the steer-heifer spread to narrow as the demand for replacement females increases.  If expansion of the national beef cow herd accelerates as anticipated the question may become: Why do steer calves sell equal to or behind their heifer mates?