Friday’s USDA cattle on feed report pegged heifer numbers at 39.1 of feedlot inventories, the highest percentage in more than 18 years, and year-to-date heifer slaughter is up more than 7%.

Beef packers continued to show signs that they still need cattle to meet the demand of their customers and paid higher prices last week.

Utah rancher Mark Mecham says his longhorn bull and an Angus calf were shot and killed while he and his wife were at a hospital for the birth of their daughter.

Cow-calf producers know that a dam’s body condition during late gestation and through early lactation has long-term and economically significant impacts on cow and calf performance.

U.S. Cattlemen’s Association files petition for labeling with FSIS, but NCBA says it is opposed to seeking “additional government regulation on our industry.”

Research supports fat as part of a healthy diet and consumers are demanding high-quality beef, and the beef industry has seen a rebound of grade because of increased emphasis on genetics, says Dale Woerner, Texas Tech.