Anyone wondering whether the industry has any more aces up its sleeve in terms of cattle to pull forward received a definitive answer in last week’s monthly Cattle on Feed report....More

There was little question that the cattle-on-feed inventory would be lower this month, but the degree of decline in placements and inventory was more than many expected....More

USPB Vice President of field operations, Brian Bertelsen, explains how ranchers can use carcass data to advance quality rewards....More

“The short supply of feeder cattle, masked by the impacts of two years of drought, is finally catching up with us,” says Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist, in his weekly livestock marketing comments....More

With high input costs and tight profit margins, the last thing ranchers need is a wreck. Whether it is health related or the pounding of cattle prices, wrecks can rise to take the unwary and unprepared out at the knees....More

Cattle and calves historically have represented about 20% of farm cash receipts, and peaked at 24% during the years of 1997 and 1998. Meanwhile, corn and soybeans represented 14% of total cash receipts....More

I'm going to turn the tables this week. Usually, producers are calling or emailing me with questions. But this week I can't help wondering what livestock producers will do in the months ahead. I need a few questions answered because I don't like the answers I get when I put input costs and expenses against the rate of returns. I see super livestock contraction in the next year and I don't want to believe it....More