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Both cash fed cattle prices and the futures markets saw post-holiday weakness this week, but feeder cattle bids were higher again.

What is the cost of feeding all of these light weight cattle?

Kansas State and New Mexico State will give graduate students a closer look at real-life industry scenarios.

The summer is a great time to fix up your feedyard.

Changes in packer requirements will affect the information cattle feeders must provide to market cattle.

The last beef-packing plant in South St. Paul, Minn., says it's temporarily shutting down to an "extremely short supply of cattle."

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.

Pinnacle Foods said Monday it has scrapped its sale to Hillshire Brands, freeing Hillshire to be acquired by Tyson Foods.

Broad industry coalition asks Congress to prevent WTO non-compliance on Country of Origin Labeling.

More light calves are entering feedlots, but overall there are fewer cattle on feed.

Cash cattle prices took out highs set back in March this week, a feat few expect from a June market.

Distillers grains are getting cheaper, so now is the time to consider how to store it for fall and winter feeding.

The number of cattle entering feedlots is down 1.6% compared to last year at 10.59 million head on June 1.

The latest numbers from the June Cattle on Feed report had no surprises as the trend of fewer cattle in feedlots continues.

A new report shows the number of cattle in Kansas feedlots is down 2 percent for the lowest June inventory since 1999.

Fewer cattle and higher prices are a continuing trend with the Cattle on Feed Report.

Cattle slaughter in Canada is poised to fall to the lowest in almost two decades as worker shortages constrain production.

How risky is it to feed crops that have mycotoxins to cattle?

The fed cattle market continues to be profitable despite ending the month of May on a lower point.

All areas of the beef industry continue to see higher price gains.

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.

This past week was one for the record books in the futures market.

Sales of a treated ground beef product that critics derisively dubbed "pink slime" have rebounded, according to two of its manufacturers.

Baltimore police shot and killed a steer that escaped from a city slaughterhouse on a downtown street Friday morning.

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.

How does management in the stocker phase affect feedlot and carcass performance?

Taking a step back in time will help explain why stocker cattle are priced where they are.

A nonprofit group that supports small and family farms in Kansas is trying to build support for a meat processing facility and food hub project in the eastern part of the state.

Green Plains Inc. announced today that is has acquired the assets of Supreme Cattle Feeders from Agri Beef Co.

The cattle futures market looks bright.

The feeder cattle market is on the rise while exports continue to hold strong.

Kansas State University in cooperation with Merck Animal Health recognized the recipients of the “Top Hand” awards at the 2014 K-State Cattle Feeders College.

May Cattle on Feed report indicates fewer cattle in feedlots and less placements coming.

Feeder cattle are losing leverage thanks to large seasonal influx, but margins are still holding.

Domestic market growth could be coming to a standstill.

Stocker and feeder markets continued to show strength in the fact of seasonal trends that suggest the market should move lower.

A $2.1 million bankruptcy trial against a failed beef packing plant in Aberdeen, S.D., is expected to last through the rest of week.

Fed cattle market is on a slight decline while other markets hold steady.

A college student sickened at a Detroit-area restaurant has sued a packing company that recalled 1.8 million pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli.

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.

Cattle temperament plays a large role in performance.

A K-State livestock economist talks value of gain projections for feeder cattle in the coming months, as well as nationwide beef herd expansion.

Federal food safety officials say ground beef recalled by a Detroit business may have been sent to stores in 10 states.

Fewer cattle entering the packing plant means less beef in the freezer.

ABC's news anchor Diane Sawyer, two of the network's correspondents and other defendants in a $1.2 billion defamation lawsuit against the company related to its coverage of a meat product could be deposed following a ruling by the South Dakota Supreme Court.

The beef market continues to chug along at a record pace.

The temperament of cattle may have a significant impact in how they perform in the feedlot.

A North Dakota meatpacking plant that began as a facility to process beef according to Islamic law is going on the auction block.

A new government report shows major Kansas feedlots are feeding the fewest number of cattle since 1999 for the month of May.