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Decision Making Tools
- CAFO (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations) information
- Livestock Revenue Protection for Cattle Description and simple analysis of price insurance for cattle.
- Seasonal Patterns in Choice Select Boxed Beef Price Spread 2000-2004 C-S spread by two-week period.
- Choice Select Spread 2004, 2005, and 2000-2004 average
- Choice Select Annual Price Spread 1989-2004
Producer Risk Management
- Life of Contract Price Pattern Table 1987-2006
April 2007 - Life of Contract Price Pattern Charts 1987-2006
April 2007 - Livestock Enterprise Budgets for Iowa 2007
- Risk Management for Cattle Feedlots: Futures Buy and Sell Signals
August 2005 - Summary of Estimated Returns 1996-2005
Analysis of returns and risk to five livestock enterprises, updated May 2006 - Cattle Market Planner
Calculate futures and options strategies for both beef and pork producers, updated April 2001 - Price Change by Two-week Period
1996-2005 Iowa-Southern Minnesota Choice Steers - Live Cattle Basis
A three year summary of the Iowa Fed Cattle Basis (2001-2004) - Cattle Feeding Budgets
Excel spreadsheet budgets and breakeven purchase price estimator. - Feeder Cattle Basis
Three year average basis for St. Joseph, MO 5-600 & 7-800 feeder cattle prices - Estimated Livestock Returns
Monthly barometer of livestock profitability. - County Level Cattle Data for Iowa
- Futures Data
Cash and Futures Data from 1995-2003 - Commodity Market Reports
Links to current cash and futures prices - Feedlot Short Course 2004 Market Summary
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