USDA’s cattle on feed report counted 11.83 million head on feed, which is 101.2% of last year and up 4.8% from October as feedlot inventories increase to a seasonal peak.

Cash cattle traded higher again and all four major packers participated in last week’s trade, including Tyson for the Finney County, Kan., plant.

The 140,000-acre Philmont Scout Ranch has been mortgaged by the Boy Scouts of America as the organization faces a growing wave of new sex-abuse lawsuits.

Sheltering Generations — The American Barn, is a book that features stories of beef producers in more than 20 states, cataloging ranch life, rural community and the role of barns in our landscape.

Many U.S. dairies have adopted the use of semen from beef sires as part of an overall shift in their A.I. program.

AMS will host a stakeholder meeting in Kansas City, December 12, to review a study on Livestock Mandatory Reporting (LMR) negotiated slaughter cattle market reporting.