Automated Cattle Market Price Threshold Alerts
Every morning, WebRun opens Performance Livestock Analytics, reads current feeder and fed cattle prices for your target weight classes and regions, compares them against your configured buy or sell thresholds in Google Sheets, and posts a Slack alert any time a price hits or crosses your target.
How do I get automatic alerts when cattle market prices hit my target?
Every morning, WebRun reads current feeder and fed cattle prices from Performance Livestock Analytics, compares them against your configured buy and sell thresholds in Google Sheets, and posts a Slack alert to your team the moment a target price is hit. No trade is executed and no buyer is contacted automatically.
- Price threshold alerts delivered to Slack the morning a target is hit
- Daily price log maintained automatically for trend and margin tracking
- No manual checking of market prices required from your team
Built for cattle ranchers · stocker operators · livestock traders · cow-calf producers
What does WebRun do on every run?
The exact actions WebRun takes, in order - in plain language, so you can adjust anything.
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WebRun signs in and gets to work
Opens
www.performancelivestock.comin a real browser with your saved login - no setup, no API keys. -
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Performance Livestock Analytics - read current market prices
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WebRun opens Performance Livestock Analytics to read current market prices. - Open Performance Livestock Analytics and navigate to the market price dashboard
- Read current prices for your configured weight classes (for example, 500 to 600 lb steers) and target markets
- Capture the current price per hundredweight, the daily change, and the volume for each class
Done when Current prices for all configured weight classes and markets are captured.
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Google Sheets - compare prices against your thresholds
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WebRun opens Google Sheets to compare prices against your thresholds. - Open the price-watch spreadsheet with your configured buy and sell thresholds
- Compare today's prices against each threshold and flag any that have been met or crossed
- Log today's price alongside the threshold and the date for trend tracking
Done when All price comparisons are logged and any threshold breaches are flagged.
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Slack - alert team when a price target is hit
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WebRun opens Slack to alert team when a price target is hit. - If no thresholds are met, post a brief daily price summary to the ranch Slack channel
- If a threshold is met or crossed, post a priority alert with the current price, your target, and the weight class
- Include the daily price change and any relevant volume context
Done when Team has received either a price summary or a threshold-hit alert in Slack.
How is each run configured?
Secure by default
Connect once, stays signed in
WebRun signs in once and keeps each session in a persistent environment, so every run picks up right where it left off.
Every action is checked against this policy before it runs.
Questions, answered
How do I set my buy or sell price thresholds?
You enter your target prices in a Google Sheet with columns for weight class, market, buy threshold, and sell threshold. WebRun reads those values each morning when comparing against the live market data.
Does it execute any trades or contact buyers automatically?
No. WebRun only posts alerts to Slack. All buy or sell decisions and any outreach to buyers or feedlots stay entirely in your hands.
Which cattle markets and weight classes does it cover?
It reads whatever markets and weight classes are available in your Performance Livestock Analytics account. You configure which specific classes and regions you want monitored in the setup step.
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