Rancher Jack Field, who raises more than 100 head of mostly black angus cattle near Yakima, said he remembers the first time he got more than $1 a pound when he sold his calves. That was in the early 1990’s.

Just 10 days ago, Field sold his calves and got more than $4 a pound.

“I got almost $500 more a head this year than last year,” Field said. “It’s just crazy.”

Field, who doubles as executive director of the Washington Cattle Feeders Association, said ranchers are getting record prices for virtually every category of cattle. That includes calves, feeder cattle, cull cows and even years-old herd bulls.

“The old saying goes, the only thing that cures high prices is high prices,” Field quipped. “Everybody I’ve talked to agrees: Nobody knows how high it will go. We do know that it will

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