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<blockquote data-quote="KDM" data-source="post: 487396" data-attributes="member: 314">So far this spring, I've asked 4 small farm beef producer friends if they will have slaughter cattle for sale this fall/winter/ '27 spring.&nbsp; All of them stated that they are keeping only what their close family members need and are selling the rest with the high prices for live cattle. I realize that 4 is a ridiculously small sample size, but if this is a more common stance across the greater small cattle producer population, finding local beef sources might be problematic if someone in the NDA peanut gallery is leaning that way.&nbsp; Current price for a live 1200 lb steer would be over 3k at 2.53 lb on the hoof.&nbsp; 600-700 lb carcass weights and around 450 lbs in the freezer after a 1000 dollar slaughter bill.&nbsp; Bringing the grand total to over 4k for 450 lbs of meat or around 9 bucks a pound for in the freezer beer.&nbsp; OI Vay!!&nbsp; That a zinger in the wallet area.&nbsp; I don't like any of this.&nbsp; NO, not at all.Makes a guy wonder what's in that 5 dollar a lb ground beef tube when real beef is 9 bucks a lb?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KDM, post: 487396, member: 314"] So far this spring, I've asked 4 small farm beef producer friends if they will have slaughter cattle for sale this fall/winter/ '27 spring. All of them stated that they are keeping only what their close family members need and are selling the rest with the high prices for live cattle. I realize that 4 is a ridiculously small sample size, but if this is a more common stance across the greater small cattle producer population, finding local beef sources might be problematic if someone in the NDA peanut gallery is leaning that way. Current price for a live 1200 lb steer would be over 3k at 2.53 lb on the hoof. 600-700 lb carcass weights and around 450 lbs in the freezer after a 1000 dollar slaughter bill. Bringing the grand total to over 4k for 450 lbs of meat or around 9 bucks a pound for in the freezer beer. OI Vay!! That a zinger in the wallet area. I don't like any of this. NO, not at all. Makes a guy wonder what's in that 5 dollar a lb ground beef tube when real beef is 9 bucks a lb? [/QUOTE]

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