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.

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

A 75-year low in U.S. inventory and restricted Mexican imports are tightening supplies. As grilling season nears, strong ...

This will be the last National Feeder Cattle Summary of 2024, and all of us here at the USDA-AMS-LPGMN Market News program wish you and yours a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Compared to last ...

Futures surged to new highs, cash trade slowed, and packers reduced kills as beef demand faces inflationary pressures.

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

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 closed Friday seeing some strength off the lows but closing down 22 to 87 cents. April was down $1.82 ...

Cattle futures rallied by triple digits. That was a new high for the August close, though futures stayed under their LoC high set yesterday. The feeder cattle market fell with triple digit losses of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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; ...