The Thursday cattle market saw a major move lower across the active contracts. Fats finished the day off their lows, but still 2.3% to 2.8% in the red with $5 losses in both Dec and Feb contracts. The ...
Cattle futures rallied by triple digits. That was a new high for the August close, though futures stayed under their LoC high set yesterday. The feeder cattle market fell with triple digit losses of ...
Ag columnist Dennis Sun writes, "As long as the U.S. doesn’t open the southern border to Mexican cattle, cattle prices should ...
Let the good times roll. Cattle futures on Friday advanced big in both feeder and fat cattle. “Just A Scoopful” – Jerry Nine I asked around what made the market suddenly rally that much. The best ...
I hate to be a negative person but if you follow our fat cattle business it is hard not to be. Last Friday (Nov. 9) the choice beef price cutout was $215.99 and select was $198.83. Even if you ...
There’s no doubt the U.S. cattle inventory continues to shrink. The latest numbers from USDA out this week showed the U.S. cattle inventory dropped 2% year-over-year with 87.2 million head of cattle ...
A bipartisan group of senators has rolled out an updated piece of legislation that they hope will solve price discovery issues for beef producers. But the new legislation includes language that has ...
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Colorado’s cattle are getting fat. A backlog at processing plants means ranchers who raise the cattle don’t have anywhere to take them when they’re fully grown. That means they ...
Cattle producers and feedyards that sell directly to most packing plants soon will need to be Beef Quality Assurance certified. Packing plants announced the requirement some time ago, says Karl Hoppe, ...
WORTHING, S.D. (KELO) — Although the drought conditions and it’s affects on cattle are not as drastic as they are in other parts of the state, Sioux Falls Regional Livestock is still seeing quite a ...
Editor's note: This is the second in a two-part series about how ranchers are coping with drought conditions. To read the first part, click here. NAPOLEON, North Dakota — No one’s complaining about ...