Current with today’s cattle cycle, average days-on-feed have extended, and carcass weights are reaching all-time highs—equating to increased dressing percent, but not necessarily more pounds of saleable beef. (Courtesy photo.)

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Feeding a herd of cows on a farm. (iStock │ #1037370202 - sasapanchenko)

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Drones capture thermal images of cattle facilities. (K-State Research and Extension news service)

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Even with tariffs on the landscape, cattle prices are forecast to remain high through 2025, according to a recent World Agricultural Supplies and Demand Estimates report. (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)

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Cattle marketing at a sale sometimes takes optics

Cattle move between a field planted to a cover crop and a grass pasture. Producers in the Southern Great Plains must balance forage type and quantity with grazing duration to make grazing cover crops economically viable. (Paul DeLaune/Texas A&M AgriLife)

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Cattle feedlot (K-State Research and Extension)

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Cattle in a feed lot or feed yard. (iStock │ #1302314885 - Clinton Austin)

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