Cattle Prices

Higher placements and reduced marketings resulted in an October 1 feedlot inventory of 11.58 million head, 0.6 percent higher than one year ago.  This was the first monthly year-over-year increase …

The daily 5-Market negotiated cash fed cattle price reported on Thursday, April 6, 2023, by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, was $172.33/cwt., a new record daily fed cattle price.  This …

The latest USDA Cattle on Feed report pegged the October 1 cattle on feed inventory at 11.449 million head, down 0.9 percent year over year.  This is the first year …

A new webinar from USDA’s Economic Research Service looks at price spreads for beef, going back to the 1970s. The disparity between what retailers, wholesalers, farms and byproducts take as …

U.S. Senators Steve Daines (R-MT), Jon Tester (D-MT) and Mike Rounds (R-SD) joined Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and three other senate colleagues in introducing a bill to improve pricing transparency for …

Designed to identify superior Hereford-influenced feeder cattle, the Hereford Advantage program now offers additional benefits to add value to feeder cattle. With these enhancements, cattlemen using Hereford bulls can provide …