Higher placements and softer marketings push May COF report in a bearish direction. Yet analysts stress front-loaded feedlots ...

K-State Beef Cattle Institute experts discuss why larger cattle and heavier carcass weights may be the “new normal” in the ...

Joe Kooima with Kooima Kooima Varilek says at least initially it looks like the cattle futures had already anticipated the ...

The May Cattle on Feed Report offers some of the latest trends from the cattle feedlots. USDA livestock analyst Michael McConnell provides some details. Total inventory was up 2% year ...

Despite the cattle inventory plummeting to the lowest level in 73 years, the number of cattle on feed remains surprisingly strong. The average all-fresh retail price for beef hit record highs in six ...

The number of cattle on feed around the country declined by 1%, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service report issued in late January. The report on ...

Live cattle futures were up 25 cents to $1.02 lower on Friday, with June down $4.60 last week. Open interest was down 3,356 ...

The latest United States Cattle on Feed report released on March 21 showed a 2% decline in feedlot numbers. Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market for feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or ...

LAKE BENTON, Minn. — When you’re in the registered cattle business, there is just no choice but to secure winter feed to ensure proper calving in the spring. If you don’t have high-quality feed, you ...

Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.6 million head on April 1, 2023. The inventory was 4 percent below ...

Proper harvest management is critical for high-quality corn silage, which increases milk production in cows. It all starts with harvest timing. Silage that is too wet when harvested may not ferment ...

Howard Lyman remembers his days as a Montana cattleman, a fourth-generation rancher who raised some 30,000 cattle for slaughter at a farm and feedlot southeast of Great Falls. He also remembers what ...