Doesn't help that hay crops across the Inland Empire were miniscule this year on account of the long dry-spell from April-October. Hardly anyone put up more than one cutting and per-ton hay prices are triple or more what they normally are. Wintering costs are going to be astronomical for large herds and that's going to send meat prices for next year through the roof. And all that is happening relatively independently of all the supply chain / COVID fuckery.