Wching truckload after truckload of beef cattle pass by the feedlot in central Kansas he was managing, Lee Borck knew something had to be done if his operation was going to survive. The feedlot was being bypassed because packers in western Kansas could afford to pay an additional 50 cents per hundredweight (cwt) for cattle from the larger feeding operations. Those larger feeding operations not only had the advantages of scale, but they were also located closer to the major beef processing facilities, which gave them a substantial competitive edge.
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