Beef in the United States is entering a new era of scarcity and sticker shock, and the people who raise cattle say the squeeze has been a long time coming. After years of drought, thin margins and ...

Live cattle saw Friday gains of $1.50 to $2.50, with February up $1.90 last week. Open interest was down 3,090 contracts. The Friday Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed $242-243 sales on 761 of ...

Live and feeder cattle futures were higher on Monday with help from corrective buying and a 24 cent drop in corn prices. However, Brad Kooima with Kooima Kooima Varilek says strong cash has also been ...

USDA released its first Cattle on Feed report (COF) since September, on Nov. 21. On the same day, Tyson Foods also announced the closure of a beef processing facility in Lexington, Nebraska, and ...

In my second quarter animal protein report on Barchart, I concluded: I expect a continuation of elevated beef and pork prices. Significant corrections over the coming months could be buying ...

The National Agricultural Statistics Service released the May Cattle on Feed report and as of May 1, the total inventory of cattle and calves on feed in feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head ...

Live cattle futures are down 70 cents to $1.55 in the front months on Tuesday, with deferred contracts higher. Due to Monday limit gains in some feeder cattle contracts, live cattle limits are ...

Live cattle are trading with midday gains of 47 cents to $1.02 in the front months, but lower in the deferreds. Cash trade settled in at $240-244 in the north and $242-245 in the south. Feeder cattle ...

The cattle market hit records numbers on May 12, with August feeder cattle futures reaching highs of $306.85. Not to be attributed to just one thing, this $6.50 surge is likely due to tandem effects ...

For the sixth consecutive year, the United States cattle herd started the year smaller at 86.6 million head in January, down more than 495,000 head from the previous January, according to the January ...

The number of beef cattle in the U.S. continues to fall, a pair of reports released Friday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture show. "We are not expanding the breeding herd yet, and the implications ...