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In extremely hot weather it is normal for body temperatures to rise moderately above normal during the heat of the day and to cool off at night when environmental temperatures are less.

Drought conditions and wildfires in the southern Plains have erased any ideas of expansion in the region, further pressuring female prices.

Cold stress with cattle is often associated with below zero temperatures, especially in the Northern Plains.

If high beef demand, and steady to high margins continue throughout the summer, the packer will have incentive to continue large kills every week.

Packers remain in a highly profitable position, while many feedyard closeouts are showing red ink.

Cash cattle markets were mostly weaker, with CME futures prices lower before turning sharply higher Friday.

"Beef demand has been good, but it will have to remain robust or else we're going to continue to backlog cattle," Top Third Ag Marketing broker Jeff French said.

Cattle on feed in feedlots with more than 1,000 head capacity totaled 11.5 million head, 8% higher than last year.

Weather and forage conditions over the next several weeks could have a major impact on female prices this fall.

Much of the country expects a mild winter, but that won’t necessarily be the case

Winter weather caused problems for hog and cattle marketers this past week, influencing futures markets for both commodities.

The dog days of summer seem to be in the rearview mirror. As lower-than-recent temperatures fall across the Corn Belt and south, farmers are likely wondering just how long this will last.

“Is the temperature and humidity going to kill these cattle this afternoon if we work them?”

Rabo AgriFinance says the live cattle and feeder cattle markets are out of balance right now; a sign that lower feeder cattle prices could be on the horizon.

S&W Seed Company announces the advancement of 45 new varieties for the dormant and non-dormant alfalfa seed market to its proprietary seed portfolio, including varieties developed for multiple pest resistance, forage qu

Current cattle markets are a series of bad news-good news. Bad news—cattle prices pulled back last week. Good news—the jump in prices earlier this month has current levels at or above most expectations.

Last week’s cattle trade was once again a disappointment to cattle feeders.