date:Jul 19, 2012
which may be the fall of 2013. That is a long horizon of losses.
And, just in the last few days, a selloff's been ignited in the cattle sector as feed costs prompt producers to sell feeder cattle at rapidly increasing levels. Feeder cattle prices have fallen 16% in the last month, reports show, and feedyard operators are starting to balk at larger purchases simply because of skyrocketing feed costs.
Ryan Goodman says his family's been feeding hay and using feed for supplement for some time no