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This week’s fed cattle prices were the highest since early January.
Stocker and backgrounding operations have been foaming at the mouth to secure the inventory needed to harvest spring grass.
Fewer cattle are on feed than what was projected, but domestic beef demand is up.
Live cattle traded for $160 to $161 to end last week, while beef prices were up from the previous week.
Cattle prices are up significantly from last year, while beef prices slide from last week.
The Obama administration is moving to cut down on the thousands of foodborne illnesses linked to chicken and turkey each year with an overhaul of poultry plant inspection rules that are more than 50 years old.
Fed cattle placements were up compared to the same time last year.
Cattle futures showing that prices may have been inflated the past few months.
The popular CattleFax Outlook Session today at the 2015 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show gave cattlemen and women reasons to be optimistic.
A new packing plant in Idaho and boxed beef prices going up for three weeks are good news for cattle producers.
Fed cattle prices rebounded to start 2015 out after several weeks of losses in December.
This is New Year’s week and the number of cattle reports is smaller than normal.
The record high beef prices that were the norm for much of the year have continued to drop off.
Most of 2014 saw record high prices, but the downward trend in the beef and cattle markets looks like it could carry into the New Year.
It has been a chaotic couple of weeks in the cattle markets.
Fed cattle prices fell on a live basis and beef prices also saw a slight decrease.
Pocatello, Idaho, police say two cows that escaped from a meat-processing business have been captured.
Workplace safety sewn into cultural fabric for 2,000+ people.
Tyson Foods plans to sell its poultry businesses in Mexico and Brazil for $575 million in cash to help pay debt from its recently announced acquisition of Hillshire Brands.
A Milton, W. Va., man accused of stealing cattle from a slaughterhouse has been charged with grand larceny.
Merck Animal Health releases a statement in response to a Texas Tech scientist’s article that raises concern over the use of beta agonists in beef cattle.
Central Valley Meat Holding Company will acquire Harris Ranch Beef Holding Company to comprise the country’s 7th largest beef packer and processing company in the U.S. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Much of the uncertainty surrounding the issue of trade has created a level of anxiety within several U.S. industries.
The 5-Area Accumulated Average Cattle Price dropped yet again this week, moving from $101.12 on October 10 to $97.57 on October 17.
Israel has reopened to U.S. beef for the first time since December 2003. Israel was one of many countries to suspend imports of U.S. beef following confirmation of the first BSE case in the United States, and is one of