Weekly Beef Sales were down 29% with Weekly Exports down 4%.

Thu March 20 2025

Approximately 43% of the cattle inventory is within an area experiencing drought compared to 38% last week.

Thu March 20 2025

Pre-breeding exams help farmers & ranchers assess heifers' potential as cows or feeder market candidates before investing more resources.

Wed March 19 2025

On April 12, 2024, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) announced it would no longer provide the July Cattle Inventory report… Now USDA has reversed that decision.

Wed March 19 2025

The odds of triplets are 1 in every 105,000 and 3 healthy calves is extraordinarily rare.

Wed March 19 2025

Beef exports to China totaled 15,920 mt in January, up 35% from the low volume posted a year ago.

Wed March 19 2025

Compared to last year, estimates indicate Cattle on Feed, Placements & Marketings will all be lower.

Tue March 18 2025

Last week's Marketings were 15.3% higher than the 3 Year Average.

Mon March 17 2025

The high yield of the Huaxi breed will reportedly accelerate the development of China’s beef cattle industry and boost farmers’ income.

Sun March 16 2025

Compared to last week, cash prices for all classes of cattle were higher, as were live cattle futures and feeder cattle futures. The dressed beef cutouts were higher with May corn futures lower.

Sun March 16 2025

The theory behind the "Bullish/Bearish Indicator" is when the public reaches a consensus, they are usually wrong.

Fri March 14 2025

Weekly Beef Sales were up 7% with Weekly Exports up 21%.

Thu March 13 2025

Approximately 38% of the cattle inventory is within an area experiencing drought, unchanged from last week.

Thu March 13 2025

Farmers and ranchers are the best stewards of the land and need water regulations that are clear and practical, not burdensome.

Thu March 13 2025

Continuing Jobless Claims went down by 27K to reach 1.870M for the week ending March 1.

Thu March 13 2025

Excluding volatile food and energy prices, so-called core wholesale prices fell 0.1% last month from January, first drop since July.

Thu March 13 2025

EU will place tariffs on beef exports from Nebraska and Kansas but is not expected to materially impact beef prices, though it will impact a few plants individually that send high quality, branded product to the EU.

Wed March 12 2025

On an annual basis, headline inflation was at 2.8%, while core was at 3.1%, both 0.1 percentage point below the Wall Street consensus and the previous month’s levels.

Wed March 12 2025

Cattle price forecasts are lowered for the first half of 2025 based on recent prices. The second half is unchanged as demand for cattle is expected to remain strong.

Tue March 11 2025

U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) reintroduced the Livestock Disaster Assistance Improvement Act.

Tue March 11 2025