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USDA’s January 1 count of state cattle inventories reported the lowest cow numbers since 1962. The total inventory of cattle and calves […]

Tight supplies in the cattle feeder market last week have led to sharply higher bids this week as packers compete to fulfill […]

Continuously rising feed prices are again influencing the performance feeder cattle market. Higher feed prices usually work their way into the annual […]

Fed cattle trades stayed solid last week give or take $1. Northern cattle sold for $123-$125 lives with dressed cattle going for […]

Volatility within the beef market has been on full display since April — particularly among fed cattle, feeder cattle and calf prices […]

Though $6.00/bushel corn prices are reason to cheer for Midwestern corn farmers, the story’s different for cattle feeders in the southern Plains […]

Subzero temperatures aren’t too common in the southern Plains, but cattle producers have been battling dangerous conditions at about the worst time […]

In its latest Cattle on Feed report released this week, USDA pegged total domestic feedlot inventory at 12.0 million head as of […]

The southern Plains were extremely dry before an early winter storm recently blew through the region. Though it delivered much-needed moisture — […]