IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/cup/jagaec/v58y2026i3p538-549_9.html

Economic Analysis of Yearling-Fed and Calf-Fed Systems of Native Beef and Dairy-Beef Crossbred Steers

Author

Listed:
  • Grote, Ally
  • DeVuyst, Eric A.
  • Radmehr, Riza
  • Beck, Paul

Abstract

We investigated the profitability of dairy-beef crossbred steers compared to their native beef counterparts. Using trial data, returns on calf-fed and yearling-fed systems of native beef and beef × dairy steers were evaluated. Beef × dairy steers in calf-fed and yearling-fed systems had greater returns than native beef calf-fed steers even with few carcass quality differences and higher total costs. Native beef yearling-fed steers had the greatest return because of low total costs while revenue remained similar among breed and treatment combinations. Results indicate that beef × dairy steers can be competitive with native beef calf-fed steers, but current economics favor native beef yearling-fed cattle.

Suggested Citation

  • Grote, Ally & DeVuyst, Eric A. & Radmehr, Riza & Beck, Paul, 2026. "Economic Analysis of Yearling-Fed and Calf-Fed Systems of Native Beef and Dairy-Beef Crossbred Steers," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 58(3), pages 538-549, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jagaec:v:58:y:2026:i:3:p:538-549_9
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1074070826100352/type/journal_article
    File Function: link to article abstract page
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:cup:jagaec:v:58:y:2026:i:3:p:538-549_9. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Kirk Stebbing (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.cambridge.org/aae .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.