Evaluating stocker cattle cost of production and profitability

King Ranch InstituteFaculty, General

This article is the final article in a three-part series with Progressive Cattle magazine, published in March 2021. Be sure to read part one “Bragging rights require knowing costs” and part two “Unit cost of production expressions“. By: Rick Machen, PhD, and Stan Bevers Stocker cattle operators have been described as the cattle industry’s shock absorber between cow-calf producers and feedlot …