Live cattle futures are posting $1.45 to $1.65 losses on Friday. Cash trade has picked up this week, with $248 sales across ...

In its monthly report published Friday, the USDA said that total inventories of cattle on feedlots were 11.58 million head through April 1. That is off a half point from the same month last year.

Cattle feeders and packers were in a standoff most of the week, with beef packers able to push the Monday-Thursday average lower for the five direct-market areas falling $1.23 to $153.84. Cash trading ...

Scott Varilek with Kooima Kooima Varilek says cattle plunged late week after contract highs due to fears of the border ...

A new report from the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute says livestock and dairy receipts will exceed commodity receipts this year. Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold uneven; ...

Drought conditions are challenging producers to be creative as they think about options for maintaining the cowherd through ...

A wise man once said, “Beware what lurks under the banner of reform.” He was referring to what economists call the Law of Unintended Consequences. With recently proposed legislation that would ...

Live cattle futures posted gains of 27 to 85 cents on the day. Cash trade settled in last week around $191 in the South and $191-192 in the North, which was a $1-2 improvement from the previous week.

Live cattle future were up 10 to 70 cents across the board on Tuesday. Cash action has mostly been compiling showlists. Trade rounded out last week with sales of $184-185 in the South, up $1-2 on the ...

Live cattle futures closed the Thursday with contracts down $1.67 to $3.45. There were 3 deliveries for April retendered in ...

EDGELEY, N.D. -- Jay Mathern loads cattle on a truck, headed for a processing plant in Dakota City, Neb., and wonders out aloud one question: Why? "That's 360 miles," he says, after handing a brand ...

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. This week was a very close repeat of last week; supplies were light to moderate and demand remains good just at lower price ...