Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.1 million head on September 1, 2025. The inventory was 1% below ...

Brad Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek says live and feeder cattle futures are back into new contract and all-time highs after showing considerable resilience last week. He says the market shook off a ...

The USDA Cattle on Feed report released Sept. 19 showed even lower inventory and placements than expected. University of Tennessee ag economist Andrew Griffith says national cattle supplies are tight.

Cattle at the Griffieon Family Farm in Iowa. (USDA photo) Cattle numbers in feedlots are down this year, but the number is still high enough to suggest that producers are selling off heifers rather ...

Live cattle futures were $1.20 to $1.70 higher on Friday, as October took the weekly gain to $3.60. Preliminary open interest was up 4,613 contracts on Friday. Cash trade settled in last week at $240 ...

There are more than 15,000 cattle and hog feeding operations in the United States. These operations rear 70% of the country's cattle and 98% of its hogs. Now, for the first time in the nation's ...

Live cattle futures posted mixed trade with nearbys within 15 cents of unchanged and deferred contracts higher. Cash trade has been slow this week, with some northern dressed action at $385 and live ...

U.S. counties with hog and cattle feeding operations may be subject to higher air pollution levels, while lacking the health insurance necessary to treat related medical problems, a new study has ...

A University of Illinois study looked at the influence of grazing and rainfall on the runoff of nitrogen into streams. The USDA Cattle on Feed report released Sept. 19 showed even lower inventory and ...