Toni- I predict that the price of beef is going to get much higher. Ranchers aren't just selling off some of their herds- they are dumping their whole program. Ranchers from all over the US are coming to TX to buy whole herds, and it will hurt our economy badly. While the price per head right now is low, the cost to feed is extremely high. To buy the cow on the hoof may be cheep, but the cost per pound at the market will not be the same story. The cow that we are growing for our own beef: he'll cost easily quadruple to grow out than he would have on a normal year.
