Feeder cattle are also known as store cattle, and they are mature enough for backgrounding or to be fattened in preparation for slaughter. Are futures riskier than options? Understand the risks of ...
Despite the cattle inventory plummeting to the lowest level in 73 years, the number of cattle on feed remains surprisingly strong. The average all-fresh retail price for beef hit record highs in six ...
Outside of that, Southern sale were tallied at $190, with the North at $190-192. Feeder cattle futures closed out the Thursday session with contracts up 67 cents to $1.70. The CME Feeder Cattle ...
Adequate, if not plentiful slaughter cattle supply, good operating conditions and the addition of a few extra staff have seen back-to-back seven-day national slaughter records set this month for the ...
It excludes cattle being backgrounded only for later sale as feeders or later placement in another feedlot. Placements in feedlots during August totaled 1.98 million head, 1% below 2023.
He likened it to other roughage feeds like grass, noting that while its nutrient content might be lower, it still provided the essential bulk for livestock feeding. “During this time of the year ...
The Central Stockyards online Fed Cattle Exchange auction showed sales of 212 head on the 1,594 head at $190-191.50 this morning. Feeder cattle futures are up a nickel to 40 cents in the nearbys.
Grains are lower early Monday with livestock mixed. Cattle are trading two-sided early as Brad Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek says the market is digesting the USDA Cattle on Feed Report.
Brazil Fines Meat Packers $64 Million for Buying Cattle From Deforested Amazon Land BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's environmental protection agency IBAMA has imposed 365 million reais ($64 million ...