How To Respond To Sliding Cull Cow Prices

A Drovers article

While early autumn brought glimmers of stability to the fed cattle and feeder calf sectors, the cull cow market has taken a sharp downturn heading into the final quarter of the year. Analysts point to a convergence of seasonal supply pressures, rising dairy culling, weather-driven marketings and policy shifts on lean beef imports as major drivers pulling cow values off their summer highs.

David Anderson, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension livestock economist, explains in a recent Southern Ag Today article cull cow values have seen a steady pullback over the late summer and early autumn.

“Cull cow prices in the Southern Plains peaked at $187 this past spring but have steadily declined to about $154 at the end of September,” Anderson notes. “This 18% decline in cow prices is not far off the normal seasonal decline from about June to October of about 24%.”

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