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a [[stocker operation]] is one part of the segmented [[Beef Industry]]. A stocker operator typically purchases [[yearling calves]] intended for meat production and feeds them, typically by grazing them on pastures, before selling them to a [[feeding operation|feeding]] or [[grass finishing]] operation.

Stocker operations have been in decline for some time but were once quite common before [[feeding operation]]s had such sophisticated methods for keeping cattle alive in [[feedlot]] conditions and bringing cattle to market so quickly. These changes in the technology and techniques of the feedlot operators, along with widespread use of growth hormones and their resulting high weaning weights, has resulted in less demand for the stocker operation since cattle are being raised faster and being moved directly from the [[cow-calf operation]] to the feedlot.

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Ahoussney: Created page with "a stocker operation is one part of the segmented Beef Industry. A stocker operator typically purchases yearling calves intended for meat production and feeds them,..."