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An Economic Analysis Of Selected Livestock Enterprises In Relation To The Available Feed Supplies, Utah, 1968, Ronald Jay Woolf
An Economic Analysis Of Selected Livestock Enterprises In Relation To The Available Feed Supplies, Utah, 1968, Ronald Jay Woolf
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A study was made to determine the relative profitability and competitive position of cattle fattening, lamb fattening, and milk production in the state of Utah for 1968.
Production costs of cattle fattening ranged from $22.10 to $32.28 per hundred pounds of gain. Net return amounted to $19.65 per head. Lamb fattening costs ranged from $24.25 to $29.76 per hundred pounds of gain. Net return from lamb feeding operations averaged $2.06 per head. Cost of producing milk amounted to $4.90 per hundredweight while net return amounted to $.61 per hundredweight.
Measure of profitability used in comparison included $100 worth of feed …