The prices reflect the impact of supply:demand dynamics that take place during each season.
The price pattern for 5-weight feeder cattle comes as no surprise to most market observers. Caution should be taken not to put too much faith in apparent price relationship noted during those months. During the early 1990s the number of feeder cattle marketed during the months of January, February, May, June, July, August, and December were relatively small. The prices represent a weighted average across all breeds and grades within a particular weight class. To determine the monthly average price for a particular weight class of cattle, prices received at special graded feeder cattle sales sponsored by the Virginia Cattlemen's Association were used. cattle cycle typically last about 10 years, the period of 1990-1999 was used to calculate the monthly feeder cattle prices presented below. To fairly analyze the monthly trends in feeder cattle prices, a sufficient number of years must be evaluated to take out the effect of the market's major moves up and down during the cattle cycle.
Some producers do not realize that these are actually two separate questions with frequently different answers. Many feeder cattle producers often ask when is the best time to sell my cattle or when during the year are feeder cattle prices the highest. McKinnon, Extension Animal Scientist, Marketing, Virginia Tech To see our latest newsletters and current information, visit our website atīill R. (through April/May 2009), and are provided for historical purposes only.Īs such, they may contain out-of-date references and broken links. These files cover more than ten years of newsletters posted on our old website You've reached the Virginia Cooperative Extension Newsletter Archive.
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