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Cash fed cattle prices traded lower as futures prices set new lows for the week before a Friday rebound.
While cash fed cattle traded lower the past two weeks, traders anticipate a higher market toward spring as cattle numbers tighten seasonally and beef demand improves.
U.S. beef exports continue to remain strong, according to USMEF. The Federation released its year-end numbers on 2019 export sales last week, and it says beef exports are down slightly from the record year of 2018.
Blackbeard’s Ranch, with origins in the Hutches Ranch in the 1930s, is one of the last large intact working cow-calf operations in southwest Florida.
The Executive Committee of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) approved the organization’s top 2020 Policy Priorities.
Researchers from the College of Veterinary Medicine have developed a faster, more efficient method of detecting Shiga toxin-producing E. coli, or STEC, in ground beef, which often causes recalls of ground beef.
Carl Stevenson: cowboy, World War II veteran and cattle feeding entrepreneur.
R-CALF USA will submit “formal objections” after last week’s ruling for summary judgement by a Montana magistrate judge in R-CALF’s lawsuit against 15 Qualified State Beef Councils.
There was some hesitation among buyers this week as the CME futures had a downward turn and sell-off early in the trading period. Steers and heifers sold lower at auctions.
The Cattle report issued by USDA confirms that cyclical herd expansion in the U.S. is over. The numbers indicate that while cattle inventories have stopped growing no major liquidation is underway.
Bart and Wendy Morris run Oxbow Cattle Company in Missoula, Montana, with an innovative approach to community outreach—their f2m store.
A Montana magistrate judge granted summary judgement Wednesday to the government and the 15 qualified state beef councils targeted in the R-CALF vs. Sonny Perdue lawsuit.
The key to making cattle more competitive in the bidding world is in their genetics, and the growing programs that document them.
Agricultural Marketing Service reporters said the market was most active on “lightweight cattle, in light flesh, as numbers of those cattle are not as plentiful as their heavier mates.”
As the spring calving season begins, beef cows will show typical signs that will indicate to the rancher that parturition is imminent.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is preparing to overhaul regulations for grazing on 155 million acres of public lands across the western United States.
Maintaining ownership of calves after weaning, to sell finished cattle on a grid is one way to get paid for herd improvement—and it leads to even higher quality, according to a South Dakota rancher.
The 420,000-acre Brewster Ranch, now for sale in far West Texas, was assembled over several years by Kentucky businessman Brad Kelley.
Cattle feeders were unable to push the cash market higher, settling for mostly steady money as packers were noticeably less aggressive with much narrower profit margins.
A pair of lawsuits filed last year involving a packing company and two producers have been dismissed following a confidential settlement.
Lawyers for America’s largest beef packing companies asked a federal judge on Friday to dismiss the class action suit filed against them by a group of ranchers last year.
Nevada’s 25 Ranch, which includes parts of four counties and covers an area nearly the size of Rhode Island, is listed for sale for the first time in 30 years.
Walmart held a grand opening of its Thomasville, Georgia, beef processing facility that will supply Black Angus beef to some 500 of its retail stores in the southeast.
Steers and heifers suitable for grazing programs sold sharply higher in the week ended Jan. 10. AMS reporters called demand good to very good at livestock auctions nationwide.
The state of California is reportedly interested in buying the historic N3 Ranch, an 80-square-mile ranch within an hour’s drive of San Francisco.
Traceability can be like insurance that protects your cattle from disease, saves time and elevates consumer trust in beef.
Kansas rancher and influencer, Brandi Buzzard-Frobose was named by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association as the 2019 Advocate of the Year in recognition of her success in advocating for beef.
Authorities in Lincoln County, Nevada, are seeking information regarding the starving death of six cattle locked in a corral southeast of Las Vegas with no food or water.
John Nalivka’s projections for the 2020 Cattle Inventory show a decline of 1.6%, which, if realized, would be smallest inventory number since 2016.
Over the past 10 weeks, cattle feeders have gained market leverage in a rally the likes of which have not been seen in many years.