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Jacqueline Nix/Getty Images SCOPING STOCKER MARKET: Just how has the stocker industry changed in the last decade? A new National Stocker Survey looks at the current state of the industry. Industry exclusive survey from BEEF magazine explores how this market segment is changing. Back in 2007, BEEF Magazine conducted a comprehensive survey of the beef stocker market to get an idea of the shape of this part of the beef industry. For 2021, BEEF Magazine returned to the subject with a new National Stocker Survey to see how this industry segment has changed in 14 years. T...

Feb 01, 2021 Stocker and backgrounding operations continue to be an essential part of the U.S. cattle and beef industries. Growing cattle outside of the feedlot enables aggregating and sorting cattle of widely divergent types, classes and weights into more homogenous groups for future management, all the while decreasing overall production cost and matching beef demand to cattle supply. While the dynamic nature of this segment often makes it difficult to clearly define, the stocker and backgrounding sector plays a critical role within the industry. For a minority of those involved, it is a fu...