Many people from the area say that the lowering of beef prices has increased the size of their cattle herds and the amount of beef they have in their households.
Next, people have said that lowering beef prices is good because they can buy more beef in stock, sell and produce more beef faster, and get money circulating in their community faster.
How have lower beef prices affected you and your family or community?
Gabe said beef prices affected his life, but selling-wise it has made a profit, and Gabe said his family doesn’t buy store-bought beef.
Brody said the beef prices affect the selling price of cows, but it doesn't affect him in a negative way; it affects him in a positive way, so he can sell more cows at a time, but at a lower price.
The beef prices have affected certain people in many different ways. One way it affects all the people is selling price wise they don't get as much money when they sell, but they can sell more cows at one time than if they were normally selling the cows. In a way, the lowering of beef prices has affected the way people sell their cattle; people, when they sell their cattle they sell it in bulk rather than selling it in chunks to get more money.
The lowering of beef prices has also affected consumers, allowing them to buy beef more cheaply. It has also affected the importing of beef from countries due to a flesh-eating parasite in the beef from the cows.
The lowering of beef imports due to the parasite has affected communities that depend on beef for food. Some have to resort to eating chicken and turkey.
What the beef prices were before they changed was $6.89 for a pound of beef. The beef price after they changed the price of beef per pound was $9.64 There was a price increase due to high demand for beef.