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Late Season Pasture Fly Control: The Midwest Cattleman · September 14, 2023 · P7

What You Need to Know By David Boxler

Late August and September Horn Fly may be reduced by a fall cold
usually signal pasture fly sea- Most livestock producers front that sometimes occurs in
son should be ending. However, normally see two horn fly pop- September. However, if tem-
over the last few years our fall ulation spikes, one in early peratures remain warm horn
seasons have remained warm, June and the second in late-Au- fly numbers will remain high.
sometimes well into early No- gust through mid-September. Diapause, a biological event
vember and flies persist at The second peak is due to the triggered by cool fall tempera-
problematic levels longer than buildup of the continuous and tures naturally lower horn fly
typical. overlapping fly generations numbers. Development from
This upcoming fall season that develop through the sea- egg to adult is interrupted and
may be no different based on son. Depending upon weather instead development stops at
several meteorology forecasts. patterns these fly populations
If these predictions hold true, continued on page 10
pasture fly control efforts may
be required through late fall.
To reduce late season fly
stress on pastured cattle, a re-
view of the common fly pests of
pastured cattle, control meth-
ods, and available products can
be helpful.

CATTLE PRICES
continued from page 6
Feeder cattle prices have
reached record levels or are
F
rapidly approaching record Fall Bull Saleall Bull Sale
October 7, 2023er 7, 2023
levels. Table 1 shows record
weekly Oklahoma steer and Octob
heifer prices by weight group.
As seen in the table, all feed-
er steer and heifer prices for
animals over 600 pounds are 55 SimAngus
already at new record lev- and Simmental Bulls
els. Prices for lightweight
feeders are expected to reach 65 Lucas Cattle Company
new record levels in the com- Commercial Spring-Calving
ing weeks and months. Table Bred Heifers
1 will soon be out of date as
feeder cattle prices are ex- HIGH-PERFORMANCE CATTLE SELL AT 1:00 PM CT
pected to continue moving Lucas Cattle Company
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highest cattle prices will CE 9.9 • YW 139.3 • MARB 0.51 • RE 0.20
occur when herd rebuilding
begins in earnest. The reten-
tion of heifers and reduced
cow culling will squeeze
feeder cattle supplies, cattle
slaughter, and beef produc-
tion to sharply lower lev-
els. This process has not yet
started and is expected to
proceed rather slowly when
it does begin. Herd rebuild- 737K API 122.6 TI 77.5 627K API 127.7 TI 75.5 27K API 141.6 TI 87.3
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retention may begin in late
2023 but is likely to consist
primarily of weaned heifer Jeff Reed - Cattle Manager - 417-399-1241
calves that will not increase Marty Ropp 406-581-7835 Office 417-998-6512
beef production until 2026. Corey Wilkins 256-590-2487
Cattle prices are expected to Jared Murnin 406-321-1542 www.LucasCattleCompany.com
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average higher through 2024
and 2025 at least.