Closeouts from Feedlots serviced by Land O'Lakes Beef Production Specialists and Beef Enterprise Consultants.

Closeouts from feedlots in Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota

2006 Feedlot Top 1/3 Closeout Comparisons   2006 Feedlot Top 1/3 Closeout Comparisons
Steers   Heifers
  <700# 700-800# >800#     <650# >650#
  Top 1/3 Avg Top 1/3 Avg Top 1/3 Avg     Top 1/3 Avg Top 1/3 Avg
Lots 85 256 46 138 45 136   Lots 28 83 37 113
Cattle Number      14,028     46,187      10,225     25,855       9,940     28,030   Cattle Number        3,997     11,278       5,101      15,599
Purchase Price $126.77 $125.75 $115.88 $114.57 $103.36 $105.35   Purchase Price $122.28 $121.06 $109.35 $108.11
Pay Weight In 596 594 752 754 865 874   Pay Weight In 561 573 745 746
Sale Pay Weight 1314 1321 1376 1367 1417 1387   Sale Pay Weight 1193 1207 1263 1246
ADG 3.21 2.96 3.41 3.13 3.45 3.10   ADG 2.85 2.64 3.18 2.81
Days In Lot 209 234 179 191 158 162   Days In Lot 211 227 160 174
Net Weight Gain 718 716 625 609 554 507   Net Weight Gain 641 622 523 502
Dry Matter Fed/Lb Gain 6.27 7.03 6.53 7.31 6.82 7.85   Dry Matter Fed/Lb Gain 6.55 7.46 6.94 7.85
Feed Cost/Cwt Gain $28.32 $31.39 $29.28 $32.92 $31.01 $35.76   Feed Cost/Cwt Gain $30.06 $34.20 $32.16 $36.43
Drug/Vet/Processing $1.64 $1.73 $1.81 $1.75 $1.66 $1.73   Drug/Vet/Processing $2.48 $2.09 $2.12 $1.97
Yardage Cost/Cwt Gain $7.89 $8.10 $6.78 $7.60 $6.89 $7.70   Yardage Cost/Cwt Gain $8.79 $9.20 $7.12 $8.27
Interest Cost/Cwt Gain $5.32 $5.58 $5.44 $5.99 $5.99 $6.50   Interest Cost/Cwt Gain $5.70 $6.35 $5.78 $6.47
Non-Feed Cost/Cwt Gain $16.04 $15.96 $13.77 $15.25 $13.90 $15.61   Non-Feed Cost/Cwt Gain $16.61 $17.31 $13.94 $16.19
Total Cost/Cwt Gain $43.33 $46.45 $41.53 $47.09 $44.42 $50.26   Total Cost/Cwt Gain $45.65 $50.85 $45.61 $51.72
Breakeven $/Cwt Gain $82.58 $83.23 $83.37 $85.39 $81.38 $85.63   Breakeven $/Cwt Gain $83.11 $85.84 $83.33 $84.62
Death Loss % 0.91% 1.79% 0.67% 0.96% 0.47% 0.79%   Death Loss % 0.94% 1.68% 0.76% 0.70%
Weighted Average NEg 59.5 59.3 60.5 60.5 61.1 60.9   Weighted Average NEg 58.8 58.7 59.6 59.6
Net Sale Price/Cwt $83.74 $84.17 $84.10 $85.65 $85.90 $86.53   Net Sale Price/Cwt $83.22 $84.92 $88.31 $87.10
Average Corn Price/Bu $2.03 $2.06 $2.07 $2.16 $2.25 $2.19   Average Corn Price/Bu $2.04 $2.08 $2.01 $2.10
Net Profit/Loss $34.24 $20.82 $22.49 $12.09 $82.38 $21.64   Net Profit/Loss $18.84 ($1.78) $44.88 $12.64