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2 hours ago, Incredulity said:

I don’t know if it’s the cause or a part of it but JBS is crooked as fuck and their major shareholders should be in jail.  See Operation Carwash and associated bribery scandals.
 

 

LOL!  Corruption?  Nah, couldn't be.  Look at Mr. Accountability here.

6 hours ago, Wilcox Cummingtonite said:

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People that buy Wagyu ground beef once are the ones that say this…. In that case, they would be right actually.  

On 11/7/2025 at 7:38 PM, Fudge Nuggets said:

Wagyu is overrated. The people that obsess over it don’t know shit about good meat and just tout its merits because it’s expensive.

Sorry.

I'm an excellent cook and pick perfect cuts. You are wrong. My meat will melt in your mouth. 

We just sold a bunch of yearling steers and heifers weighing 500-650lbs for $300-$375/cwt. Averaged about $1950 ea which is really nice for us small scale cow/calf operations.

The futures market continues to be nuts, locking limit higher across the board, 2 days after putting in fresh lows for the move, and after a sharp down move in early action. We are almost back to cash so maybe it calms down there. 

Bringing their cattle with them?  What the fuck?  Not to mention that he and his cronies shut down the very successful program that had screwflies bottled up in Panama.  Does he think that insects don't cross borders unless they are smuggled?  Dumbest bunch of motherfuckers alive.

All these cattle and nine-tenths of the horses is stolen. And to think we was once respected lawmen. 

Hearing a lot of chatter this week that some feeders dug in their heels a little too much on selling and now we got some 1800-1900 pound steers that won't fit a packing line. That being said we might run 600K through this week which will be the biggest week in awhile so will see if the lots can get current, and the packers can move enough beef to get current. 

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13 minutes ago, Royalfan5 said:

Hearing a lot of chatter this week that some feeders dug in their heels a little too much on selling and now we got some 1800-1900 pound steers that won't fit a packing line. That being said we might run 600K through this week which will be the biggest week in awhile so will see if the lots can get current, and the packers can move enough beef to get current. 

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I got my babies weaned. They’re starting to get their appetites back. 

It always warms my heart to see red cattle, as someone who grew up around a lot of red Gelbvieh before the Balancer stuff really took off. 

48 minutes ago, Royalfan5 said:

Hearing a lot of chatter this week that some feeders dug in their heels a little too much on selling and now we got some 1800-1900 pound steers that won't fit a packing line. That being said we might run 600K through this week which will be the biggest week in awhile so will see if the lots can get current, and the packers can move enough beef to get current. 

I love reading your updates but don’t understand half of the jargon. Do you literally mean they can’t get some cows inside of…a chute or something?  And it’s because they let them grow too big trying to get a higher price?  

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27 minutes ago, UT_OB1 said:

I love reading your updates but don’t understand half of the jargon. Do you literally mean they can’t get some cows inside of…a chute or something?  And it’s because they let them grow too big trying to get a higher price?  

You will literally bend the the chain and hook line the animal goes down to be disassembled. The animal is gaining everyday under full feed, and guys really started to see dollar signs and went for it. Flip side is the packers paid up to keep going which encouraged them, and then didn't get all the meat moved as we came out of summer demand and now have to move a perishable product into ham and turkey holidays.  

43 minutes ago, Royalfan5 said:

You will literally bend the the chain and hook line the animal goes down to be disassembled. The animal is gaining everyday under full feed, and guys really started to see dollar signs and went for it. Flip side is the packers paid up to keep going which encouraged them, and then didn't get all the meat moved as we came out of summer demand and now have to move a perishable product into ham and turkey holidays.  

I’ll be damned. The more you know. 
 

So do you butcher the overweight cows by hand somewhere else or something?

On 11/9/2025 at 2:52 PM, MissingInAction said:

My meat will melt in your mouth. 

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1 hour ago, Royalfan5 said:

It always warms my heart to see red cattle, as someone who grew up around a lot of red Gelbvieh before the Balancer stuff really took off. 

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48 minutes ago, UT_OB1 said:

I’ll be damned. The more you know. 
 

So do you butcher the overweight cows by hand somewhere else or something?

A local locker can probably handle them, but not very fast. 

Tyson is closing the Lexington NE plant January 1st. Call it 3.5% of daily US capacity. Losing 3k direct jobs in a community of 10K. (A town that had doubled in size since the plant opened in 1990) 

4 minutes ago, Royalfan5 said:

Tyson is closing the Lexington NE plant January 1st. Call it 3.5% of daily US capacity. Losing 3k direct jobs in a community of 10K. (A town that had doubled in size since the plant opened in 1990) 

Because there just aren't enough beeves to process?

2 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Because there just aren't enough beeves to process?

The steak nuggets from Arby’s didn’t save the industry, surprisingly. 

13 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Because there just aren't enough beeves to process?

Yes and they are losing their asses on the ones they get bought 

I’ll note this town is 60% Hispanic population now too, with a significant African refugee community as well. 

On 11/17/2025 at 1:34 PM, Scheiss Meister said:

Bringing their cattle with them?  What the fuck?  Not to mention that he and his cronies shut down the very successful program that had screwflies bottled up in Panama.  Does he think that insects don't cross borders unless they are smuggled?  Dumbest bunch of motherfuckers alive.

 

1 hour ago, Royalfan5 said:

Tyson is closing the Lexington NE plant January 1st. Call it 3.5% of daily US capacity. Losing 3k direct jobs in a community of 10K. (A town that had doubled in size since the plant opened in 1990) 

 

52 minutes ago, Royalfan5 said:

I’ll note this town is 60% Hispanic population now too, with a significant African refugee community as well. 

They went 74% for the dotard in 2024.  Just saying.

1 hour ago, Biff Tannen said:

 

 

They went 74% for the dotard in 2024.  Just saying.

I’m just going to note that a large percentage of the laid off workers likely aren’t eligible to vote. 

19 minutes ago, Royalfan5 said:

I’m just going to note that a large percentage of the laid off workers likely aren’t eligible to vote. 

The ones who could and did vote thought only about fucking over the ones who aren't eligible to vote, not thinking that the inevitable end of that course leads to them getting fucked, too.  Oh, well.. 

3 hours ago, Royalfan5 said:

I’m just going to note that a large percentage of the laid off workers likely aren’t eligible to vote. 

since when has that stopped anyone?

1 hour ago, Iceman said:

since when has that stopped anyone?

From voting?  Approximately 99.9% of the time. Unless you mean Republicans, who routinely get caught fraudulently voting. 

1 hour ago, Iceman said:

since when has that stopped anyone?

wut?

On 11/21/2025 at 10:49 PM, Iceman said:

since when has that stopped anyone?

Everyone knows that the only thing illegal immigrants like more than criming and claiming social security, is respectfully taking off their sombreros and beguiling the voting registrars to let them vote.

Could the high beef prices be because we are using so much of it as turkey feed?   Odd that turkey prices are still low with feed prices certainly going up. 
 

I’ll note that after locking limit lower Monday, cattle futures are back above where they closed last week. 

1 hour ago, Royalfan5 said:

I’ll note that after locking limit lower Monday, cattle futures are back above where they closed last week. 

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On 11/9/2025 at 2:52 PM, MissingInAction said:

My meat will melt in your mouth. 

I think I finally get why aggy are so into meat judging.  It's a code, right?

On 11/20/2025 at 10:52 AM, Royalfan5 said:

It always warms my heart to see red cattle, as someone who grew up around a lot of red Gelbvieh before the Balancer stuff really took off. 

When I bought-out my dad he had a strong red angus cross. I put more Simmental in there for about ten years but am sliding back towards the red angus side. 

23 hours ago, Kennythetiger said:

When I bought-out my dad he had a strong red angus cross. I put more Simmental in there for about ten years but am sliding back towards the red angus side. 

The angus pr is hard to overcome 

17 minutes ago, Royalfan5 said:

The angus pr is hard to overcome 

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On 11/26/2025 at 10:40 AM, Pato del Muerto said:

Could the high beef prices be because we are using so much of it as turkey feed?   Odd that turkey prices are still low with feed prices certainly going up. 
 

A case (4) of turkey breasticles was $40 a few years ago. A case goes for about $90 today. 

On 11/28/2025 at 8:33 AM, Royalfan5 said:

The angus pr is hard to overcome 

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Sold another 20 head of yearlings off a different pasture a week ago. Avg $1900 for 550-600lbers. Nice chunk of income for operating partnerships.

On 10/31/2025 at 3:39 PM, Incredulity said:

Needs “Dear Penthouse Forum” opening and writing in the first person.  
 

Dear Penthouse Forum,

 

I never thought it would happen to me.  As I entered the room I found Susanna and her moist bosom delicately glistening from sweat our eyes locked and she noticed the much more profuse trails of sweat on my forehead a result of rapid thrusting consumption of a 6 piece basket of spicy Popeyes chicken….

 

the reference to a '6 piece' is obviously made up, brisket is at least a 12 piece guy. the rest is very believable 

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