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While marketings were largely in line with the pre-report estimates, June placements were the big surprise, only up 3 percent compared to last year.

New York state conservation officers are trying to trap a bear that attacked a steer on a southeastern Adirondack farm.

Lower cattle prices have been the story this spring and summer.

Fetal programming is generally considered the impact of nutritional and health status of the mother during pregnancy and its impact on the health and productivity of the offspring.

Until the market gains some consistency with what is happening in the country then the futures market is about as risky as playing croquet in the alligator pit.

USDA’s monthly Cattle on Feed report was pegged at 10.4 million head on July 1, 1% above last year’s total.

Cattle feeders are walking a tight rope as fed cattle prices continue to decline.

Missing from the slate of late July USDA cattle reports was the July Cattle report which would have provided an indication of continued herd rebuilding, heifer retention and the size of the 2016 calf crop.

Mid-summer shipments of cattle off grass pastures to feedlots is in full-swing.

Authorities say two bulls escaped a slaughterhouse in west Baltimore.