Stocker
The early winter storm in late October brought timely and much-needed rain to much of Oklahoma and sharply reduced drought conditions. Feeder cattle prices jumped sharply from the low two weeks ago during the storm.
Markets will no doubt evolve this fall and producers must continue to evaluate winter grazing potential under dynamic market conditions and profit potential may vary widely.
Hide color and breed character are tools currently available to sort stockers, with little information about genetic potential. But is there a role genomics, or DNA, can play for the stocker operator?
New supplements offer value but producers need to determine costs and potential returns for practices they adopt
More than $2.4 million worth of cattle were never bought in wire fraud scheme that spanned Missouri and Texas.
In November, U.S. feedlots set a record for 1.87 million head marketed, the highest Dec. 1 total since the series began recording in 1996.
When animals have health or performance problems it is almost always because the person in charge of taking care of them is not showing the proper interest in what they need.
Adding different forages to existing grass stands can help reduce the amount of hay needed during the winter by expanding the grazing season during the late fall, winter and early spring.
Get a behind the scenes view of shipping cattle from the Youngmeyer pens in the southern Flint Hills of Kansas.
Starting calves can be as much art as science, which explains why some stocker operators and feedlots have more success than others.
The volume of cattle and calves sold the week ended Jan. 13 was called the second largest in five years, with prices steady to uneven.
Cattle prices went from record highs to record lows in just two years, and it has cattle producers searching for answers.
Bullish fund holdings signal ‘change in sentiment’ for prices.
The late October rally in cattle markets appears to have gained momentum this week.
Small steps on the farm can yield big differences at sale time.
Changes in feeder cattle prices recently have potential impacts for cow-calf and stocker producers this fall.
Another summer of grazing has passed at the Bechtel Ranch.
Mid-summer shipments of cattle off grass pastures to feedlots is in full-swing.
Where do we go from here? After a rough ride so far this year, one can only imagine what lies ahead for feeder cattle prices the rest of 2016.
Generally, implants are expected to increase rate of gain by 10 to 20% for yearling cattle on grass.
Cattle feeders are also looking to improve margins which have slowly but surely improved.
It’s all about increasing calf performance and capturing a premium.
More than half a century after its discovery, bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) still wages war on cattle health and producers’ livelihoods.
Taking high-risk cattle to low-risk can be done, and it can be profitable when the calves are priced right.
For five decades, my family has been ranching in the Flint Hills of Kansas. Nearly every one of those years we’ve taken in stocker cattle for our custom grazing business.
Pork got top billing this week in grocery stores with Easter hams selling better than beef.
Native bluestem pasture in Kansas has fallen in price the last two years for many producers renting grass, but the rates are still significantly higher than six years ago.
Warm weather is coming and that means cattle producers grazing wheat in the Southern Plains have a decision to make: should they stay or should they go?
International markets continue to put a damper on cattle markets as commodity prices tend to follow the international economy for certain durations.