Posted 11/1/2025 20:53 (#11421206 - in reply to #11420611) Subject: RE: just for fun
Douglass ks - 11/1/2025 09:16
Where are you getting $5 for a 550 lb calf? Market report for sale barns near me has that size of steer around $4. (4-0.7)/0.7 x 100 = 471%
How did you get 566%?
(5-0.7)/0.7 x 100 = 614
Joplin had $5 - 550 calves before the "fall" a week ago.
I had to dig through the trash to find the envelope I did the math on.
As I was reading the OP, I wanted to figure how calves stacked up with everything else he listed so I figured them on .75 just going off what I thought calves would have been worth in 80. Before I made my post I looked up the average price of calves in 1980 and it was .70 but I didn't think to redo the math in my post.
(5-.75)/.75x100 = 566%
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