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 ...

The December report showed cattle and calves on feed in large feedlots (greater than 1,000 head) totaled 11.727 million head on Dec. 1. USDA livestock analyst Michael McConnell says inventory levels ...

High odds that production will fall next year, along with strong beef demand, indicates higher prices again for cash steers, ...

Gary Vetter was 10 years old when he started feeding cattle at his family's farm. Fifty-five years later, he faces an ...

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, several of the major markets as ...

Cattle inventories hit 1950s lows while prices surge 29 percent as drought and economics drive widespread herd liquidation.

Live cattle futures ended the Tuesday session with contracts mixed, steady to 30 cents lower in the nearbys and higher in the deferreds. Cash action from last week was mainly $202-203 in the South and ...

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 ...

As October draws to a close, U.S. officials are reportedly going to meet with Mexican counterparts this week to talk about reopening the border. The possibility of trade resuming, coupled with ...

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly steady to 5.00 lower. That isn't to say there weren't any instances of higher spots, especially on some loads of yearlings but overall, the market ...

Live cattle futures are up $3.67 to $5.02 at midday. Cash trade settled in last week at $239-240 in the South, with Northern sales of $237-238. Feeder cattle futures are trading with gians of $4.47 to ...

WATERTOWN, S.D. — The signs on the Deberg Farm along U.S. Highway 212 west of Watertown, S.D., always say “EAT BEEF.” But an unhappy cattleman, Troy Deberg, 47, says he recently ordered an extra ...