Large feeder quiting in Texas 50k head

[pt756]

Watching ag day they showed a large feedlot quiting Drubbocks or Drummonds something like that , wonder who will snatch that up?

[Dirt_Floor_Poor]

I was speaking to a lender at Farm Credit and he told me that 1,000 acres of very good pasture near him just rented for $165/acre. That’s the highest I’ve ever heard of anywhere around here. 

[1256pickett]

Lubbock feeders. They had been sourcing feeders from Mexico. 
https://www.drovers.com/news/beef-production/tighter-supplies-and-border-closures-snapshot-todays-cattle-feeding-industry

[Lazy WP]

Hard to stay in business when you’re used to buying Mexican cattle for pennies on the dollar, then loose your cattle supply. And in the feeding world they were small time

[Lars (midessa)]

Successive years of drought in north Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, sure didn’t help.

[Cool1566]

14 hours ago, Dirt_Floor_Poor said:

I was speaking to a lender at Farm Credit and he told me that 1,000 acres of very good pasture near him just rented for $165/acre. That’s the highest I’ve ever heard of anywhere around here. 

Unreal. The cure for high prices is high prices….

[Matt Kirsch]

2 hours ago, Cool1566 said:

Unreal. The cure for high prices is high prices….

Hey, if you're gettin' paid, I want my piece of the pie... 

[Chester5732]

18 minutes ago, Matt Kirsch said:

Hey, if you're gettin' paid, I want my piece of the pie... 

That’s simple.   Get into the cattle business and start cashing checks!!   Note sarcasm. 

[from H to 80]

165.00 an acre for pasture, i wonder what kind of stocking rate he's running. I admit that anything that gets used for pasture,around here, is pretty much ROUGH ground, I average between 2- 2 1/2 acres per pair.

[acem]

It will pay it's way If you own momma cows and need a place to put them.

[Lazy WP]

1 hour ago, from H to 80 said:

165.00 an acre for pasture, i wonder what kind of stocking rate he's running. I admit that anything that gets used for pasture,around here, is pretty much ROUGH ground, I average between 2- 2 1/2 acres per pair.

That’s a big difference between the 50 acres per pair that my father in law figures!

 

[IH Forever]

6 hours ago, Chester5732 said:

That’s simple.   Get into the cattle business and start cashing checks!!   Note sarcasm. 

I feed a few calves just because I enjoy it and ant 1 to butcher each year.  I just sold a couple fat heifers for $246.25.  My wife was quite excited when I told her how well they sold...but not so happy when I told her it would cost more than what we got to buy more feeders this spring.  Agree that the cow calf guys are probably doing well right now, good for them.

[Chester5732]

21 minutes ago, IH Forever said:

I feed a few calves just because I enjoy it and ant 1 to butcher each year.  I just sold a couple fat heifers for $246.25.  My wife was quite excited when I told her how well they sold...but not so happy when I told her it would cost more than what we got to buy more feeders this spring.  Agree that the cow calf guys are probably doing well right now, good for them.

Yup. I have been doing 75-80 bottle calves to 500 lbs  a year. It’s hard to believe that I make more on a $1200. Calf than I did on a $75 calf. Hopefully they don’t go up much more. 

[dads706]

On 2/26/2026 at 11:34 AM, Dirt_Floor_Poor said:

I was speaking to a lender at Farm Credit and he told me that 1,000 acres of very good pasture near him just rented for $165/acre. That’s the highest I’ve ever heard of anywhere around here. 

If I could find $165 pasture here I would grab it. Any rentable ground here is $300+/-.

And I'm buying more cows (what's wrong with this picture)? I can get 1 1/2 acres per pair, but it takes close monitoring and moving cows. I've pushed for an acre, but it would take perfect conditions and the right grass mix. And even then, it would be tough. 

[acem]

A friend used to run over 20 head on about 5 acres. It was almost a feed lot!

[Dirt_Floor_Poor]

11 hours ago, dads706 said:

If I could find $165 pasture here I would grab it. Any rentable ground here is $300+/-.

And I'm buying more cows (what's wrong with this picture)? I can get 1 1/2 acres per pair, but it takes close monitoring and moving cows. I've pushed for an acre, but it would take perfect conditions and the right grass mix. And even then, it would be tough. 

Almost all the pasture rent that I’m personally aware of is less than $100/ac. But, it’s like @from H to 80 said, it not prime real estate. Row crop rent is much higher. 

[Matt Kirsch]

On 2/27/2026 at 5:41 AM, Chester5732 said:

That’s simple.   Get into the cattle business and start cashing checks!!   Note sarcasm. 

Note mine as well... People just see the big numbers and think you MUST be making money... Just reach into your Scrooge McDuck money bin and part with some, you greedy greedy farmer!

[dale560]

18 hours ago, dads706 said:

If I could find $165 pasture here I would grab it. Any rentable ground here is $300+/-.

And I'm buying more cows (what's wrong with this picture)? I can get 1 1/2 acres per pair, but it takes close monitoring and moving cows. I've pushed for an acre, but it would take perfect conditions and the right grass mix. And even then, it would be tough. 

How long can you graze it? Here in North Dakota pasture is from 10 to 60 an acre. The 10 dollar stuff in western side is dry and maybe 10 acres to a pair. In eastern nd the land is better and rain more prevalent so pasture is better you can run 60 pair on a quarter there. But time is usually end of may to Halloween. So 5 to 5.5 months. Then hay or corn stalks if weather is good.