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At the NCBA Trade Show in San Antonio, Certified Angus Beef’s director of packing explained the opportunities still open for producing Prime.

Cash fed cattle traded at $113 per cwt. for the week, $2 lower. Cattle sold on a dressed basis at firm prices of $182 per cwt.

Wildfires burned more than 30,000 acres in western Oklahoma over the weekend, with the Beaver and Forgan communities in the Panhandle evacuated.

Current wholesale beef values are lower year-over-year, but it’s too early to gauge what impact the COVID-19 virus has had on both export and domestic beef demand.

Neogen Corporation announced that it and Angus Genetics, Inc. (AGI) have launched updated content to Angus GSSM — the first genomic profiler designed specifically for Angus cattle.

The American Hereford Association provides an update on programs designed to assist commercial cattlemen with management and marketing opportunities that capitalize on the strengths of Hereford genetics.

Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.9 million head on February 1, 2020.

Over the past five years carcasses grading Choice represent 82% of slaughter, and carcass weights are also on a steady trend higher which is a cautionary sign for cattle feeders.

The Beef Quality Assurance program, or BQA for short, helps producers stay up on best management practices, and that builds consumer confidence.

Ranch families that have a son or daughter home from school for an extended period due to COVID-19 isolation should take advantage of the younger generation’s skills to update the ranch record keeping system.