Course: SLF 180 Introduction to Livestock

Unit 2 Niche Livestock Farm Plan

Unit 2 Niche Livestock Farm Plan - 25 points

This exercise will give you a better understanding of price fluctuations in the beef cattle industry. You will document one year of Feeder Heifer prices.

Save the document listed below. Follow the directions provided on each page of the worksheet to navigate to the USDA Agriculture Marketing Service website, using the state of Illinois statistics for 2013.
1. Worksheet 1: Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1
2. Worksheet 2: Slaughter Cattle
3. Worksheet 3: Use the pricing charts in the first two worksheets to determine the best months to purchase cattle.
4. Fill in the information on the worksheets, and submit the completed work in the Dropbox for this unit, found on the Course Home page.

Click on the file to save it.
- Unit 2 Niche Livestock Farm Plan.xlsx (21.32 KB)