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Backgrounding-2014.pptx
All beef and cattle market classes
broke price records the last several years
$215 $7.00
$205
$6.50
$195
Feeder Cattle $/cwt
$6.00
$185
Corn $/bu
$175 $5.50
$165 $5.00
$155
$4.50
$145
$135 $4.00
$125 $3.50
$115
$3.00
$105
$2.50
$95
Feeder Cattle Futures
$85 $2.00
Weeks
Source: CME Group
2012
NOV FC vs DEC CORN
C-N-38
C-N-32
09/05/14
09/05/14
MED. FRAME #1 STEER CALF PRICES
550-600 Pounds, N.D., Weekly
300
280
260
240
220
200
180
160
140
120
100
JAN APR JUL OCT
2014 2013 2012 2011 2007-2011 AVG
MED. & LRG. #1 FEEDER STEER PRICES
750-800 Pounds, N.D., Weekly
260
240
220
200
180
160
140
120
100
80
JAN APR JUL OCT
Fut 2015 Fut 2014 2014 2013 2012 2011 2007-2011 AVG2
SF_LS796
Sioux Falls, SD Fri Oct 10, 2014 USDA-ND Dept of Ag Market News
North Dakota Weekly Auction Summary - For the week ending Oct 11, 2014
North Dakota Weekly Auction Summary - For the week ending Oct 11, 2014
Ration % Lb/hd/day
Feed Price as fed as fed
Alf-grass hay $75.00 24.7% 5.00
Corn grain $2.60 71.7% 14.50 4.00
Limestone $110.00 0.5% 0.10
Sunflower meal $160.00 3.0% 0.60
TM salt $190.00 0.1% 0.024
Vit ADE premix $1.00 0.0% 0.009
Downtrend: futures
cash forward contract
video and internet auction
?: options or LRP
(will always be 2nd best)
MAR 2015 FDR CAT
MAR 2013 FDR CAT
Questions?