Dairy replacement heifers - Articles

Replacement cow prices match 10-year peak

Quarterly average prices in April reached the same peak of $2,120 per head as seen in October 2014.

May 1, 2024

Audrey Schmitz

Quarterly average prices in April reached the same peak of $2,120 per head as seen in October 2014.

Replacement cow prices rise to 9-year high

February 2, 2024

Dave Natzke

Tightening cow and heifer numbers pushed average prices for U.S. replacement dairy cows to a nine-year high in January, according to latest USDA quarterly estimates.

Replacement cow prices rise to 8-year high

Prices for both replacements and cull cows are the strongest since 2015

November 2, 2023

Dave Natzke

With improving milk prices and margins and tightening cow numbers, average prices for U.S. replacement dairy cows moved to an eight-year high in October.

Selling the cows? 4 things to avoid

Feeding a high-quality ration, maintaining consistent genetics, managing data and having a proper plan in place can add to your final paycheck.

August 23, 2023

Mandy Schmidt

Proactively strategize with your dairy’s key stakeholders to maximize cattle marketability in case the time comes to sell the cows.

Economic update: Class I base price nears two-year low in August

Here’s an update of factors impacting your dairy income as the calendar turns to August.

July 24, 2023

Dave Natzke

Those looking for bright spots in this year’s dairy outlook have found their search increasingly challenging.

Use these data insights to improve heifer reproduction efficiency

July 3, 2023

Luis Mendonca

Turn platinum heifers into golden girls

Creating an environment that creates and retains more profitable mature cows and producing the right number of quality mature heifers is a large part of the productive life story.

March 20, 2023

Gavin Staley

Against the backdrop of ongoing water shortages and high feed costs, there are compelling reasons to increase the productive life of dairy herds.

U.S. dairy exports maintained growth trend in October 2022

Strength across all product categories supported seventh straight month of year-over-year growth.

December 12, 2022

Dave Natzke

Dairy heifer and hay export volumes were lower in October.

U.S. dairy heifer exports remain in slump

Major contributors to the slowdown are the tight U.S. supply of dairy heifers bred to dairy bulls and a strong U.S. dollar against other currencies.

October 11, 2022

Dave Natzke

For the January-August period, dairy embryo exports totaled 10,918, the highest eight-month total to start the year in the past five years, already surpassing the 2021 annual total.