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You know that old saying about a gift horse and its mouth…this is no time to be checking the teeth on current feeder cattle markets.

Significant numbers of stocker cattle are waiting in the wings this fall.

For fall stocker purchases, there are three major risks to navigate and two of them are immediate

Despite a seasonal decline, as of mid-October this year, calf and stocker prices are down only about two percent, indicating strong stocker demand despite larger calf supplies.

Wheat pasture has developed relatively slowly in Oklahoma so far this fall, but September prices for stocker steers and heifers average 14% to 18% higher than last year.

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. 

Calf and yearling markets continued to rally during January, adding 5% onto gains of 7% to 10% recorded in <p></p>December. A mid-January storm across the Northern Plains canceled some sales and severely hampered <p></p>auc

U.S. farmers slashed their winter wheat plantings to the lowest in more than a century as supplies of the grain ballooned to a 29-year high, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Thursday.

Markets for all classes of cattle remain 20% or more below a year ago, but Drovers indicators are a snapshot of the collective markets and their direction. Feedyards have turned profitable and packers have enjoyed sever

Late-November and early-December auction prices were 7% higher on yearlings and 10% higher on calves, compared with pre-Thanksgiving markets.

After hitting a low price of $97.75 per cwt in mid-October, cash fed cattle prices rallied $13 per cwt by the end of November, a 12% increase.

Dual-purpose wheat needs attention throughout the winter to provide spring forage and grain production.

Frigid temperatures are expected in the U.S. Plains and Midwest in the coming days, and roughly 20 percent of the Plains hard red winter wheat crop is vulnerable to damage, an agricultural meteorologist said on Friday.

More forage for cattle in the fall could be grown with a mix of spring barley and winter wheat.

Driving‚Äîthe active process of initiating and maintaining movement in livestock‚Äîentails two vitally important, but generally under-appreciated and overlooked prerequisites: "approaching" and ‚Ä

As more farmers use cover crops to improve soil health, there is more opportunity to use the crop for live-stock feedstocks, says Jeff Goodwin, range and pasture consultant for the Noble Foundation.

The school is for anyone interested in learning more about feedlot production, nutrition, waste management and marketing.

How were most of the ranch profits of 2014 erased?

A number of livestock producers have been asking about making late plantings of winter annuals for forage.

Historically, the steer-corn ratio provided a snapshot of whether conditions were favorable for feeding cattle.

Daily choice boxed beef cutout values advanced to the highest level seen since late September 2016 last week, reaching $190.50 per cwt on December 1.

The transition to bigger beef supplies (and psychologically to the idea of bigger supplies) that began impacting cattle markets in 2015 continued in 2016.

The higher prices have resulted in feedlot managers seeing black ink for the first time in two years which may be as rare as the legendary unicorn considering the two years of losses.

Bullish fund holdings signal &lsquo;change in sentiment&rsquo; for prices.

Cattle prices went from record highs to record lows in just two years, and it has cattle producers searching for answers.&nbsp;

The late October rally in cattle markets appears to have gained momentum this week.

Although there is little that an individual producer can do to change market prices, feeding cheaper feeds to add value to calves may be an opportunity to improve the overall bottom line this year.

The mood in cattle country is decidedly different this week.

The public is invited to a feeder calf grading and evaluation clinic starting at 6 p.m. on Nov. 1 at Joplin Regional Stockyards (JRS) in Missouri on November 1.

Cattle feeders are doing exactly what the economics say which is to sell what is in the pen and purchase a replacement animal.

Feeder cattle ends up sharply, while lean hog futures finish higher.

How can the industry assure that the nation's 20- and 30-somethings remain loyal to the traditional range of animal foods? It's easy: Just give them everything they want — and more.

The latest USDA cattle on feed report shows highs in marketing in fed cattle and lows in placements.

Marketings in September up 5.0 pct versus year ago, while the report called bullish for CME live cattle futures.

Ample supplies of feeder cattle and favorable feeder prices should encourage feedlots to maintain a high turnover rate and avoid the wreck that resulted from extremely heavy carcass weights last year.

The October cattle on feed report is bullish. USDA says September placements were down 1.9% and marketings were up 5.5%. The on-feed number is up 0.4% compared to last year.

Futures markets surged higher, providing support for modestly higher cash prices.

A new generation of meatless 'meat' products — plant-protein engineered burger-esque patties, essentially — has a significant and potentially fatal drawback. What is it? Read on.

A new bacterial pathogen, bacterial streak, was found in the Texas Panhandle corn crop this year, and while its effects were inconsequential, it bears watching in the future, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Se

It is a "green" discussion that continues to raise its head periodically. What is better for the environment: Grass-finished or grain-finished beef cattle?

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures jumped their 3.000 cents daily price limit while feeder cattle also rose sharply as traders exited short positions on expectations for higher prices in cash cattle markets

I have been having conversations with producers about grazing cornstalks. I wanted to share some frequently asked questions.

Struggling with negative margins of less than $100 per head for several weeks, feedyards witnessed a massive increase in losses last week as cash prices dipped below $98 per cwt.

How often do we really consider the sources of all that we consume in daily life? Or perhaps more fundamentally, how it's produced? The answer is 'Rarely,' and there's a good reason why.

U.S. live cattle futures fell the most in 1-1/2 weeks on Wednesday in a selloff linked to lackluster demand from meat packers and government data that showed the lowest wholesale beef prices in four years, traders said.

Two interesting trade reports have been released by USDA in the last two weeks.

Live cattle market extends gains as feeder cattle finishes higher.

Research has shown that a variety of feedstuffs can be utilized to meet the cows' nutrient requirements with similar performance to hay or hay plus supplement ration.

U.S. live and feeder cattle futures climbed more than 1 percent on Monday, adding to gains in the previous session, on technical buying and expectations cattle and beef prices will rise seasonally, traders and analysts