Around here in KS I see a mix. Some like winter calves who think they are heartier and some like spring calves and some do both. Part of it is marketing as all the spring calvers that hit the market at a certain time drive the price down. Part of it is timing to get the most use out of pasture, milo stubble, and planted wheat to save on feed. Feed prices vary in there as well because of the differing demand. Then you get to the feedlots and the big packers we have here that all want a steady supply 24/7 all year long. I think there might be some summer calvers out there somewhere.
I don't follow it as much after I tried cattle and figured out the ten cents profit per hour of labor wasn't worth it. My uncle had a large feedlot and he finally got out of it with prices going up and down and having to squeek by with gov loans to stay afloat and getting through good years and bad. Then he went to work as a cattle buyer for a large company and life was much easier after that. He blamed the cattle market on eastern speculators when the market was up, they bot and raised more cattle, which then drove the supply up which then drove the price down. Then they get out till the market goes back up. That hurt the every day farmer who could only raise so many at a time year after year.
We are in a warmer winter cycle but I think we are getting close to cycling back to colder winters again in the grand scheme of things sans global warming.
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