Prices for U.S. dairy cows — both for the beef market and as herd replacements — surged in April, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) report.
Estimated U.S. April 2014 cull cow prices (beef and dairy combined) averaged $104 per hundredweight. The average is up $2 per hundredweight from March’s revised estimate and $21.60 per...