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. 2017 Dec 1;1(4):467–479. doi: 10.2527/tas2017.0052

Table 8.

Estimated net return of cattle that recovered, were railed or died after final treatment with foot rot heavy, injury, joint infection and lame with no visible swelling stratified by cattle type: fall heifer calves (FHC), fall steer calves (FSC), winter heifer calves (WHC), winter steer calves (WSC), yearling heifers (YH) and yearling steers (YS) based on high cattle prices in 2015 (slaughter price $174/45.4 kg and rail slaughter price $87/45.4 kg) and low cattle prices in 2009 (slaughter price $76/45.4 kg and rail slaughter price $38/45.4 kg)

Diagnosis Cattle type Final treatment1
High prices Low prices
Recovered Railed Died Recovered Railed Died
Foot rot Heavy Average $1,731.50 $513.90* –$621.20 $359.50 –$124.90* –$621.20
Injury Average $1,295.80 $354.80 –$171.30 –$76.10 –$135.10 –$171.30
FHC $874.60 $63.30 –$136.80 –$497.30 –$426.60 –$136.80
FSC $1,283.20 $317.20 –$117.70 –$88.70 –$172.70 –$117.70
WHC $1,255.80 $281.00 –$249.00 –$116.10 –$208.90 –$249.00
WSC $862.10 $27.80 –$137.90 –$509.90 –$462.19 –$137.90
YH $1,444.90 $597.50 –$103.60 $72.90 $107.51 –$103.60
YS $1,823.00 $781.00* –$110.70 $451.00 $278.80* –$110.70
Joint Infection Average $749.40 $28.40 –$102.00 –$622.60 –$461.50 –$102.00
FHC $403.00 –$202.95 –$112.90 –$968.90 –$692.90 –$112.90
FSC $562.50 –$73.21 –$82.70 –$809.40 –$563.20 –$82.70
WHC $673.90 –$64.40 –$106.80 –$698.00 –$554.40 –$106.80
WSC $833.10 $3.30 –$148.80 –$538.80 –$486.60 –$148.80
YH $1,491.80 $627.60 –$137.10 $119.80 $137.60 –$137.10
YS $1,746.40 $724.80* –$146.80 $374.40 $233.90* –$146.80
Lame No Swelling Average $334.50 –$196.90 –$854.60 –$1,037.40 –$686.90 –$856.60
FHC $332.40 –$241.80 –$893.50 –$1,039.60 –$731.80 –$893.50
FSC –$23.20 –$389.25 –$859.20 –$1,395.20 –$879.20 –$859.20
WHC $1,076.90 $132.70 –$935.50 –$295.00 –$357.30 –$935.50
WSC $712.60 $3.70 –$874.20 –$659.30 –$486.20 –$874.20
YH $1,405.70 $604.00 –$571.20 $33.70 $114.00 –$571.20
YS $1,662.00 $667.40 –$593.90 $290.00 $177.40 –$593.90
*

Animals were > 453 kg at time of treatment and then railed; remaining animals were fed to 453 kg and then railed.

1

All values in $CAN.