Newsletter Articles

• Rising cattle supplies face restricted packing capacity -- June 2020
• Strive to market fed cattle at optimum weight – even in tough times -- May 2020
• Hog producers limited in short-run to change production -- April 2020
• Cattle market shaken by COVID-19 -- March 2020
• Beef producers work to overcome 2019 challenges -- February 2020
• Economics spur expansion and help guide where hogs are produced -- January 2020
• Challenges and opportunities to beef farm succession -- November 2019
• Livestock prices stabilizing after rollercoaster rise and fall -- January 2017
• Updated tools for calculating net present value of beef replacement females -- March 2016

Information Files

• Livestock Planning Prices -- B1-10
• Livestock Enterprise Budgets for Iowa -- B1-21
• Monthly Swine Feeding Returns-- B1-31
• Monthly Cattle Feeding Returns -- B1-36
• Managed Hay and Grazing of CRP Acres -- B1-60
• Raising Versus Buying Heifers for Beef Cow Replacement -- B1-73
• Net Present Value of Beef Replacement Females -- B1-74
• Historical Hog and Lamb Prices -- B2-10
• Historical Cattle Prices -- B2-12
• Seasonal Hog Price Patterns -- B2-14
• Change in Hog Prices by Two-week Period -- B2-15
• Seasonal Cattle Price Patterns -- B2-19
• Change in Cattle Prices by Two-week Period -- B2-20
• Cattle Marketing Decisions -- B2-35
• Lean Hog Basis -- B2-41
• Live Cattle Basis -- B2-42
• Feeder Cattle Basis -- B2-43
• Feeder Steer-Heifer Price Spread -- B2-45
• Frequency of Profitable Hedging Opportunities for Lean Hogs, 2005-2014 -- B2-53
• How Often Can Cattle Feeders Hedge a Profit with Futures? -- B2-54
• Live Cattle Futures - The Life of a Contract: Comparing Expiration to Weekly Futures Prices -- B2-63
• Feeder Cattle Futures - The Life of a Contract: Comparing Expiration to Weekly Futures Prices -- B2-64
• Suggested Closing Inventory Prices -- C1-40

Decision Tools (xlsx)

• Farrow-to-Finish -- B1-21
• Finishing Feeder Pigs -- B1-21
• Producing weaned 12 lb. pigs - Total Confinement -- B1-21
• Finishing weaned 12 lb. pigs – Total Confinement -- B1-21
• Finishing Yearling Steers-- B1-21
• Finishing Steer Calves -- B1-21
• Finishing Yearling Heifers -- B1-21
• Backgrounding Steer Calves -- B1-21
• Beef Cow-Calf -- B1-21
• Ewe Flock -- B1-21
• Finishing Feeder Lamb -- B1-21
• Grade A Dairy -- B1-21
• Managed Hay and Grazing of CRP Acres -- B1-60
• Buying Heifers for Beef Cow Replacement -- B1-73
• Raising Heifers for Beef Cow Replacement -- B1-73
• Net Present Value of Beef Replacement Females (single replacement) -- B1-74
• Net Present Value of Beef Replacement Females (group of replacements) -- B1-74
• Cow Sell Calculator -- B2-35
• Cow Repurchase Calculator -- B2-35
• Simple Hog Market Calculator -- B2-53
• Swine Marketing Decision Calculator -- B2-53