High-priced feeder cattle, inflation, volatile markets and weather have pressured the bottom line for cattle feeders. Beth Doran, beef specialist for Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, said these pressures and methods of coping are the focus of this year’s Feedlot Forum 2025.
Feedlot producers agree that profitability has become harder to come by, she said. The return from finishing a 1,500-pound yearling steer the past 11 months has averaged $28 per head.
The popular forum is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 14 at the Terrace View Event Center on the south side of Sioux Center.
Registration (which includes lunch) is $25 per adult or $10 per student and is due Jan. 6 to ISU Extension and Outreach Sioux County. For more information or to register, visit https://www.extension.iastate.edu/sioux/feedlot-forum or call Sioux County Extension at 712-737-4230
