Livestock and Grain Markets, Prices & Futures
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USDA’s March 1 cattle on feed report estimated 1% more cattle in feedlots than the same period last year.
Many of the corporate yards in the south are loaded with market-ready cattle, which may reduce packer aggressiveness.
Joan Ruskamp reflects on her year as chairperson of the CBB and the value of the beef checkoff.
Cattle markets have been keeping pace in early 2019 compared to the same first quarter period in 2017 and 2018.
DNA markers can identify animals, even after meat processing and the rapidly-growing Open Prairie brand will use the tracing tech.
Jessie Ramirez, head of maintenance and equipment operator at Brookover Feed Yard outside Garden City, Kan., has been the model example of what feedlots are looking for from their workforce.
Following the shutdown, fundamental information is slowly returning to normal. The February Cattle on Feed report was released last Friday, with the March report scheduled for its normal date of March 22.
Despite packer inventories, last week’s cash cattle trade met most cattle feeders’ expectations.
The USDA has released new cattle on feed numbers. It is still playing catch up following the partial government shutdown.
Court documents allege a South Dakota man involved in a multi-million dollar foreclosure case, sold the same cattle to as many as four different parties.