The Cattle Market Central Load Lot Report looks at 700-800 lbs Steers in groups of 50 or larger from livestock markets reporting to Cattle Market Central. For more information visit www.CattleMarketCentral.com Source: Dusty Markham, dmarkham@dvauction.com
Archive for November, 2015
A K-State cow-calf specialist provides strategies to choose efficient replacement females for the herd. MANHATTAN, Kan. – As the air turns crisp and the leaves change color, replacement heifer selection begins to weigh on cattle producers’ minds. The process […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Cattle Market Summary: Nice, Quiet Holiday Week
USDA’s November Cattle on Feed report said the number of cattle on feed was 2.1 % higher at the start of November than a year ago. They said October placements were down 3.7% and marketings were down 3.4% compared to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Denton, Texas – Tom Brink, Brighton, Colorado, has been named CEO of the Red Angus Association of America. President Kim Ford made the announcement today at the Association headquarters in Denton. She noted the extensive selection process, the approval of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
First Show-Me-Select Heifer Sale Averages $2,477 at Joplin Regional
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Buyers ignored recent slipping prices in the cattle markets to keep on bidding at the Show-Me-Select Heifer sale at Joplin Regional Stockyards, Nov. 20. “I figured we’d be lucky to average $2,000,” says Eldon Cole, University of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
3 Minutes: Decent Holiday Week
Most areas of Oklahoma have had adequate summer forage to allow pregnant replacement heifers to be in excellent body condition going into late fall and winter. Now producers are faced with the challenge of maintaining body condition on the replacement […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Beef Market in Transition
Total 2015 beef production in the U.S. is expected to decrease about 2.5 percent year over year from 2014 and would be the lowest annual beef production in the U.S since 1993. However, herd expansion, which began in 2014, is […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Record large, some might say excessive, fed cattle weights continue to weigh on the cattle market. Weights and backed up marketings have been a significant factor in lower cattle, feeder, and calf prices this Fall. Normally, cattle dressed weights peak […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today, Gov. Terry Branstad intervened in a case pending in the U.S. District Court of North Dakota Southwestern Division against the EPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and their overreaching Waters of the U.S. rule. Gov. Branstad joins in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Cattle Market Summary: Week of the New Normal
Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) continues to work closely with state and federal health officials, as the investigation continues into an E. coli incident initially linked to 11 Chipotle restaurants in Washington and Oregon. The Centers for Disease Control and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
USDA’s November Cattle on Feed report said the number of cattle on feed was 2.1 % higher at the start of November than a year ago. They said October placements were down 3.7% and marketings were down 3.4% compared to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 10.8 million head on November 1, 2015. The inventory was 2 percent above November 1, 2014. Placements […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Tarentaise cattle descend from the domestic cattle of the Tarentaise valley in France where they were isolated from other breeds for many thousands of years. The cattle adapted in such a way as to allow them to exist in high […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Winter weaning takes place this year at the Dickinson Research Extension Center. This concept is an outcome from the question, “When should I calve?” For the past four years, the center has calved on grass. Initially, the May- and June-born […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
U.S. Drought Monitor: large areas of precipitation in the Plains to Mid-W, NE, and parts of the West
National Drought Summary for November 17, 2015 Summary Three strong low pressure systems in the upper atmosphere moved across the Lower 48 States (CONUS) this U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM) week. Associated surface lows and fronts generated large areas of precipitation […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
3 Minutes: Possible Fix for the Broken Board
Today, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and Public Lands Council along with 34 state affiliates and stakeholders sent a letter to 11 democratic members of the Senate encouraging Congress to act in a bi-partisan manner to withdraw the EPA and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…