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The Kansas Legislature hopes to encourage large-scale poultry operations within the state.

Steady to $1 higher cash fed cattle prices upped cattle feeding margins $20 per head to $194, according to the Sterling Beef Profit Tracker.

Calf prices were steady to lower this week, with a few markets finding higher prices on grazing cattle.

The need for traceability hasn’t gone away for numerous reasons

Bred heifers found average gains of $50 per head in February 2018.

Fire crews and emergency personnel were able to contain the wildfire in Clark County, Kansas.

Cattle feeding margins held firm last week while packer margins more than doubled.

Feeder cattle sold steady to lower at auctions last week, while grass-ready calves were steady to higher.

Fourth-generation cattleman Sam Hands will be recognized as 2018 Stockman of the Year by K-State's LMIC.

A $2 per cwt. dip in cash cattle prices cut $32 of closeout margins last week, but added $46 to packer margins.

Lawsuit challenges authority to implement “Operation Drawbridge” on private property outside a 25-mile border zone.

Lawsuit challenges authority to implement “Operation Drawbridge” on private property outside a 25-mile border zone.

Cash fed cattle prices retreated $2 on the week, while feeder cattle prices were mixed.

Cattle on feed numbers increased 8% during January.

Online grocery shopping is forcing changes all the way through the supply chain, and will result in new demand on cattle quality and specifications.

Cash cattle prices rallied $3-plus per cwt. last week, and average feedyard margins remain above $200 per head.

The U.S. livestock industry is realizing that animal ID might soon become a necessary part of doing business. 

Rising futures prices encouraged packers to raise bids $4 per cwt. on market-ready cattle.

Elation represents “rare combination” of low birth weight, high growth and excellent beef quality. But, $800,000?

With modest gains in the bred female category, both the young- to middle-aged bred cows and the aged bred cows saw January 2018 average prices higher than those of 2017.

Cash cattle prices dipped slightly last week, with a similar decline in closeout margins.

Feedyard closeouts improved $55 per head last week after a $4 price rally.

Fed cattle prices rallied $4 late-week, feeders significantly higher on the week.

Cattle on feed in feedlots with more than 1,000 head capacity totaled 11.5 million head, 8% higher than last year.

A $3 rally in fed cattle prices pushed profit margins to more than $200 per head last week.

Cash fed cattle rallied $3 per cwt., while feeder cattle traded lower then higher.

Colorado’s State Legislature may soon consider a bill that would create a state-specific Country-of-Origin Labeling law.

A weaker cash cattle market produced stronger profit margins for both packers and feedyards last week

With a large weekly auction volume, feeder cattle and calves traded significantly lower.

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In a light test at auction, December bred heifers posted $13 per head gains over November averages and finished 2017 about $55 per head lower than 2016.

Cattle feeders, pork producers and packers for both segments found solid profits during the first week of the New Year.

USDA’s first National Feeder & Stocker Cattle summary of 2018 reported steers and heifers mostly $2 to $8 per cwt. higher as “buyers were back in the seats ready to fill orders.”

Cattle feeding profits more than doubled last week, a bounce due to a $3 rally in cash fed cattle prices.

Brazilian officials expect to resume fresh beef exports to the United States in early 2018.

Beef supplies will continue to grow in 2018, but robust demand keeps all sectors modestly profitable.

Feedyard closeouts recorded solid, yet declining profits on cattle marketed last week, according to the Sterling Beef Profit Tracker.

A rally in cash fed cattle prices helped boost average feedyard profits to $99 per head.

In a standoff that lasted most of the week, packers raised the ante to $119 to $120 per cwt. late Friday and the cattle trade was completed.

Consumers unfamiliar with USDA natural labels are willing to pay $1.26 per pound more for those steaks labeled natural.

last week's $2 per cwt. rally in fed cattle prices helped boost feedyard closeouts $41 per head to average profits of $131 per head.

U.S. beef grading standards will be updated to allow companies to use age documentation to verify cattle that are under 30 months of age.

Cash fed cattle prices declined 50 cents per cwt. last week, but average feedyard closeouts showed profits of nearly $90 per head.

Feeder cattle and calves continued their fall rally in October, gaining 3% to 5% at auctions. Prices at the beginning of November are nearly 9% higher for both calves and yearlings than the August averages.

Cash fed cattle prices declined more than $4 per cwt. last week, fueling a $28 per head decline in cattle feeding margins.

National Beef Packing Company announced it will begin a $30 million project to expand capacity of its Moultrie, Georgia, plant to produce consumer-ready beef products.

Cash fed cattle prices dipped just $1 per cwt., but cattle feeding profit margins declined $111 per head last week to $57.

Cash fed cattle trades $1 to $2 lower for the week, with feeder cattle steady to $5 higher.

USDA inspectors have the authority to override any inaccuracies they find in beef packing plants utilizing the new camera grading system.

The two-week rally in fed cattle prices has added more than $150 per head to profit margins.