Cattle futures stayed wild intraday but finished strong to end the week led by excellent cash trade.  Despite poor CME price action, packers came to the rescue buying cattle for another record price ...

EDGELEY, N.D. — For the fourth year, cattle feedlot operators are feeling the pressure from what they’re worried is a no-win market. Brandon Schweigert, 39, of Edgeley, N.D., says he’s trying to ...

Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.1 million head on September 1, 2025. The inventory was 1% below ...

They are among the beef producers caught in the squeeze between the end consumers and initial producers. A.J. and Kellie ...

HAPPY, Texas — Randy Shields looked out at a sea of cattle at the sprawling Wrangler Feedyard — 46,000 animals milling about in the dry Panhandle air as a feed truck swept by on its way to their pens.

Not only are humans having trouble staying cool this week, so are animals. Enoch Thorsgard of Northwood, N.D., said he has lost 20 head of cattle out of 6,000 head in his feedlot operation to ...

Close up, a feedlot cow is a sight to behold: It’s a hulking, broad-shouldered eating machine with a three-foot-long tongue and a jaw that never seems to stop chewing. At just 20 months old, one of ...

SANTA LUCIA, Argentina (Reuters Life!) - Cows grazing freely on the vast Pampas have long been part of Argentine tradition. Now that view is changing as ranchers herd their cattle into feedlots.