News reports from the western United States occasionally report incidents of cattle ranchers slaughtering a large number of newborn calves and burying them in mass graves rather than transporting them to markets. Assuming that this is rational behavior by profit-maximizing "firms," explain what economic factors may influence such behavior.
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