Feedyard
Fed cattle market is on a slight decline while other markets hold steady.
Fewer cattle entering the packing plant means less beef in the freezer.
For the 21st month in a row the amount of cattle on feed has decreased from the previous year.
The beef market continues to chug along at a record pace.
A new government report shows major Kansas feedlots are feeding the fewest number of cattle since 1999 for the month of May.
Cattle prices have started to moderate after reaching unexplained record highs in the first four months of the year.
Beef exports have continued to rise at a rapid rate, while domestic demand has been steady.
There are more steers in feedlots this April, but fewer heifers. It could be a sign of herd expansion.
Beef producers are seeing record high prices for their cattle, but how did we get here?
There were 4.7% fewer cattle in feedlots this March compared to 2013.
Country of origin labeling (COOL) has been vilified for quite some time; an end might be in sight.
A South Dakota State University adjunct economics professor says cattle feeding margins moved back into the black in the first quarter of 2014 after nearly three years of deep losses.
Friday’s jobs report was somewhat encouraging. More people with jobs is positive for meat demand.
There are more cattle on feed in South Dakota now than last year.
The challenge is the drug aids efficiency but raises incidences of death.
Cattle feeders and agri-business professionals are invited to the Feedlot Forum 2014, a day-long program Jan. 21 at Terrace View Event Center in Sioux Center, Iowa.
During the last 90 days, Merck Animal Health, with the input and oversight of its Advisory Board, has worked to implement its Five-Step Plan to Ensuring Responsible Beef and has made considerable progress.
A south-central Idaho company is appealing a ruling in bankruptcy court saying it must pay nearly $1 million after breaching a cattle-feeding contract.
Cash fed cattle prices may equal or surpass record highs this week. Here’s why.
Merck Animal Heath will suspend sales of Zilmax in the U.S. and Canada, while the beta-agnostic feed additive is under additional scientific audit after Tyson issued a ban on purchasing Zilmax-fed cattle.
The late spring rally comes after boxed beef and fed markets appeared to have topped in March.
Placements into feedyards are the lowest for February since the series began in 1996.
The 2012 calf crop was estimated at 34.3 million head, down 3%from 2011,which is the smallest calf crop since the 33.7 million born during 1949.
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.2 million head on Jan. 1, 2013.
Dwindling cattle supplies cited as cause for halting production at the Plainview, Texas, facility.
Along with feedlot inventory, placement into feedlots during November were 6 percent below 2011.
Feedlots are paying record prices and having trouble maintaining inventory.
Placements in feedlots during October totaled 2.18 million, 13 percent below 2011.