摘要：Closeout data from two western Kansas commercial feedlots are examined todetermine how cattle prices, feed costs, and animal performance impact the varia-bility of cattle feeding profits. The relative impacts of these factors are studiedacross sex, placement weight, and placement month using standardized beta coeffi-cients. Feeder cattle prices have a greater impact on profit variability for springand fall placements. The effect of animal performance on variability of cattlefeeding profits is greater for fall placements. Results suggest that fed cattle andfeeder cattle prices should be emphasized in managing the overall risk in cattlefeeding because they are the largest contributors to profit variability.
