Markets
It is important to capture added value when it comes times to sell calves.
A yearling calf that escaped from a Butte, Mont. meat-packing plant had a brief taste of freedom before being shot as it made a break for the Interstate.
Veterinarians today have access to better vaccines, better treatments and generally better overall cattle management than in the past, and yet the prevalence of feedyard death loss continues to run higher than just a few years ago.
A new U.S. Department of Agriculture report says the number of cattle and calves in large Iowa feedlots is unchanged from last year.
Kansas Gov. Brownback performs ceremonial ribbon cutting for the nearly $50 million investment.
Since the turn of the calendar, feeder cattle futures have been mainly trading sideways except for Thursday when the market moved the limit lower.
The stock market is off to a dismal start in 2016. Hopefully, this isn’t a sign of a weakening economy.
The first few days an animal spends in a feedlot are critical to their health and overall performance through the feeding period.
Given developments in multiple financial markets it is useful to pause and appreciate the broader situation underpinning the start of 2016 “outside” of the cattle markets to further assess possible upcoming changes within the cattle complex.
What goes up must come down! That is exactly what has happened to cattle prices, but the task now is determining where the market is headed in 2016 and beyond.
Cattle markets in 2015 transitioned from what 2014 was to more like what 2016 will be.
The last two years have been a whirlwind of dramatic extremes for the cattle industry.
Fed cattle prices are higher for the second week in a row.
“The bottom line is that we ended an era and started a new one,” said Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group in Chicago, speaking on Farm Journal Radio with Pam Fretwell. “We’ve ended 10 years of zero interest rates. ... That rodeo is over.”
South Dakota feedlots with capacities of 1,000 or more animals reported 245,000 cattle on feed on December 1, up 4 percent from last year.
A friend called the other day and asked suspiciously what I thought about the confined-cow idea. He feared it could set up a pathway for true vertical integration in the beef industry.
A K-State livestock economist speaks on the immediate future of cattle feeding returns.
The futures market is showing signs of finding a bottom but nothing is guaranteed.
Merck Animal Health is committed to supporting cattlemen in their efforts to make continuous improvements through its CreatingConnections Educational Series.
The 2015-16 Missouri Steer Feedout began the first week of November when 158, early 2015-born steers were processed in Paris and Carthage and sent to the Gary Nilan feedlot near Carson, Iowa.
Today, the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) arbitration panel announced its final ruling that the United States’ Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) requirements for livestock and meat imports have cost our trading partners over $1 billion dollars.
There are very few positives if any at all with regard to cattle and beef markets.
USDA’s November Cattle on Feed report said the number of cattle on feed was 2.1 % higher at the start of November than a year ago.
Although the market will find support in sale barns, the overall price outlook for multiple cattle sectors isn’t so rosy, says DuWayne Bosse of Bolt Marketing.
In the span of 14 months, America’s cattle producers saw two of the most extreme market moves in history.
You can use the assessment to set benchmarks and goals for the operation and your employees strive to maintain or reach.
Fed cattle prices have declined sharply since early September.
The choice retail beef price declined for the fourth consecutive month to $6.23 per pound in September.
A ‘wreck’ is bound to happen when dealing with high-risk cattle in the feedlot, but their impact can be reduced.
Certified Hereford Beef (CHB) LLC experienced a record year of growth during fiscal year 2015 with 51.2 million lb. of product sold — a 2% increase compared to the previous year’s total.