Markets
The cattle markets are on a slight decline, but it’s still better than last year.
Beef prices have yet to find a price ceiling this year as new records continued to be broken.
Changes in packer requirements will affect the information cattle feeders must provide to market cattle.
The cattle markets have hit the brakes a bit as the peak of grilling season arrives.
Both cash fed cattle prices and the futures markets saw post-holiday weakness this week, but feeder cattle bids were higher again.
After running uphill for three consecutive months, stocker and feeder markets fell lower amid light receipts.
Boxed beef cutout prices set all-time highs this past week.
Consumer demand has continued to push the beef markets to new levels.
Tyson Foods Inc. has signed a definitive deal to purchase Hillshire Brands Co. for $7.75 billion.
The fed cattle and beef markets are seeing unprecedented prices, especially for this time in the year.
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Pinnacle Foods said Monday it has scrapped its sale to Hillshire Brands, freeing Hillshire to be acquired by Tyson Foods.
Cash cattle prices took out highs set back in March this week, a feat few expect from a June market.
Cattle slaughter in Canada is poised to fall to the lowest in almost two decades as worker shortages constrain production.
The number of cattle entering feedlots is down 1.6% compared to last year at 10.59 million head on June 1.
Fewer cattle and higher prices are a continuing trend with the Cattle on Feed Report.
U.S. beef prices are up 74% since 2009 to the highest on record, after a seven-year decline in the herd left the fewest cattle in at least six decades.
All areas of the beef industry continue to see higher price gains.
This past week was one for the record books in the futures market.
The cash-led bull market continues, with both fed cattle and feeder cattle posting sharp gains. Live cattle and feeder cattle futures also recorded advances, but still trail cash bids.
Baltimore police shot and killed a steer that escaped from a city slaughterhouse on a downtown street Friday morning.
Green Plains Inc. announced today that is has acquired the assets of Supreme Cattle Feeders from Agri Beef Co.
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The feeder cattle market is on the rise while exports continue to hold strong.
Domestic market growth could be coming to a standstill.
Feeder cattle are losing leverage thanks to large seasonal influx, but margins are still holding.
Pilgrim’s Pride launched a takeover bid for Hillshire Brands on Tuesday that would expand its business beyond fresh and frozen chicken into a variety of packaged meats, including Ball Park hot dogs and Jimmy Dean sausages.