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The fed cattle market has been an arduous grind for this year as prices have failed to reflect historic highs in cutout values.

Gabel will be inducted into the Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame this August.

Senate hearing addressed a range of issues, including the need for robust price discovery and differing industry views on how to achieve it, greater market transparency and oversight, and expanded processing capacity.

Higher humidity and warmer temperatures are prime conditions for both horn fly and stable fly populations to explode over the next several weeks.

Good records are essential with VFD feeds as well as any medications to ensure proper withdrawal periods are observed. All VFD feed records must be kept, and available for inspection for two years.

Order buyers were willing to take on early-weaned calves in drought-stricken areas of the Northern Plains, according to AMS reporters.

Are we headed toward significant inflation in the meat case for a longer period of time? That depends on how well demand holds.

Beef imports were up 1.5% year-over-year in April but are down 7% for the January-to-April period compared to last year. Year-to-date beef imports are down 4% compared to the same period in 2019.

Packers were forced to push the market higher in their quest to find higher-grading cattle last week. High=grading cattle are becoming harder to find with each passing week.

With so much conversation around sustainable nutrition and some voices calling for everyone to ditch meat to save the planet, we all need to get more comfortable communicating about nutrition.