 and the utility cows which are the culls and usually go for hamburger meat they were average 115 dollars per hundred weight and that's up 16 dollars from last year and all this is basically based on the total cattle numbers are down two percent from a year ago to 28 million head many expect the cattle inventory number to drop again in the coming year in fact cattle fact says that they believe the peak cattle prices of the cycle may not come until 2026