Steve Cornett

Steve Cornett has been covering the beef industry since 1973. A regular contributor to Drovers, Steve works from a home office in Canyon, TX, and a ranch office in Hall County.

Latest Stories
MM Feeders
Opinion
Cornett: Insights From ‘A Yankee’ Feeder
In the second installment of this series about the current cattle markets, veteran editor Steve Cornett visits with a Midwestern feeder who helps us understand Senator Grassley’s curmudgeonly attitude about packers.
February 11, 2022 08:49 AM
 · 
Steve Cornett
UNL steer
Opinion
Cornett: Cattle Markets Could See ‘Techtonic Shifts’
This idea of mandating a certain level of cash cattle trade is a bit revolutionary in what has been an evolutionary change in cattle price discovery over these last couple of decades, says veteran editor Steve Cornett.
February 08, 2022 09:24 PM
 · 
Steve Cornett
JAR
Industry
NCBA Affirms Opposition to Government Mandates
NCBA approved interim policy that removes any doubt about the group’s distaste for government to regulate “cattle producers’ freedom of choice to conduct their own business and utilize their own marketing programs.”
February 04, 2022 02:46 PM
 · 
Steve Cornett
Feedlot marketing proposals
Markets
Steve Cornett: A Phantom Itch
“A lot of folks think we should mandate with a law—a federal LAW, mind you, because those always work out so well—that more feeders sell in the cash market. But tying feeders’ hands like this isn’t the answer.”
November 19, 2020 11:56 PM
 · 
Steve Cornett
FJ_BT8_B15064
News
Cloning a Steak
Can meat quality be reverse engineered?
November 19, 2020 11:45 PM
 · 
Steve Cornett
News
U.S. Beef Export’s Future is Bright
CattleFax see long-term growth in exports, but record prices could slow some trading partners beef purchases.
November 19, 2020 11:36 PM
 · 
Steve Cornett
News
Out to Pasture: USDA’s Saggy Fence Has to Be Fixed
Steve Cornett says there are two lessons that the cattle industry should have learned during the last couple of years and apparently didn’t.
November 19, 2020 11:36 PM
 · 
Steve Cornett
News
CFTC Asks USDA for BSE Announcement Timeline
USDA says it is cooperating with a request from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for a timeline of events.
November 19, 2020 11:35 PM
 · 
Steve Cornett
News
Out to Pasture: What’s Wrong with VINs for Cattle?
If every calf, cow and bull had a unique number all stored in a central location like a USDA database, cattle owners, buyers and lenders would all be protected.
November 19, 2020 11:34 PM
 · 
Steve Cornett
News
Out to Pasture: Beef Demand Is the Key to Rebuilding
If you have a $1.20 fed steer and a $1.20 cost of gain, how much can you even afford to pay for the calf?
November 19, 2020 11:34 PM
 · 
Steve Cornett
Load More