So, yesterday I took another load of calves to the auction...

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Calves raised here by me, and sold at the local cattle auction. No surprises so far. But wait...

I get to the auction, and talk to the owner of the auction. He tells me they are expecting to sell between 2500 and 3000 head on Tuesday. That he hopes the market maintains the level it is now. (Which isn't great, but fair.)

He told me prices were off a bit last Tuesday because feedlots were past full capacity, and the cattle buyers for the beef market had no place to go with feeder calves coming to market.

SOoooo... Feedlots are at capacity, with no room for more.

Yet, many grocery store meat market shelves are empty, or lacking.... And beef is $10-20 per pound when it is available. And I'll be lucky to get $1.50 a pound for #1 type feeder calves.

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We can conclude that demand is very high, and shelf stock is low.

Auction prices are low.

Price of beef at the consumer level is out of sight expensive.

The packing company mafia is FIXING THE MARKET!


It ain't "inflation" folks. Some of it is... But the majority of this is Market Fixing.

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