Feeder cattle prices remain attractive and create an opportunity to background calves. Gross margin calculations, resulting from determining the value of a calf before and after backgrounding, help gu ...
CME December hog futures finished up 1.35 cents at 81.775 cents per pound. Meanwhile, live cattle traded flat after falling to six-week lows on Friday and feeder cattle firmed as boxed beef prices ...
Dec. oats was off 15.5 cents at $3.46 a bushel. Jan. soybeans fell by 0.25 cent at $10.22 a bushel. Beef was mixed and pork was higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dec. live cattle fell by 0.12 ...
Steve Hanson, a rancher and cattle feeder from Elsie, Nebraska, was elected chair of the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) at the organization’s Strategic Planning Conference in Tucson, Arizona on ...
Feeder cattle prices have remained steady this week as winter has well and truly wound up and many are looking to see what the northern wet season might bring...Read More ...
Northern farmer feeders like Lauritsen Cattle Company of Exira, Iowa, have distinct advantages versus feed lots in the South, including their favorable corn and cattle basis as well as their attention ...