Live cattle futures closed with 20 cent losses in the nearbys and other nearby contracts higher. Preliminary open interest was down 2,172 contracts on Tuesday. There have been some light cash trade ...

Vince Boddicker with Farmers Trading Company says grains took the path of least resistance on Wednesday trading lower with a ...

The question now is was this just a correction of the oversold status in the cattle markets? While a higher weekly close is ...

Brad Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek says he would be more confident about the lows holding in the cattle futures if three ...

Both live ($10.75) and feeder ($13.75) futures will have expanded limits on Thursday due to Wednesday’s limit losses. Live cattle futures fell the $7.25 limit on Wednesday as longs continue to flood ...

Live cattle futures are down $1.85 to $2.10 at midday. A few cash sales in the north have been reported at $215-220 this week, with most on the higher side of that range, and $224 in the South. The ...

“It feels like the sky is done falling,” said Heupel, who ranches near Medina and is vice president of the Independent Beef ...

Mike Zuzolo with Global Commodity Analytics says the grain complex also saw some buying interest on the lower U.S. dollar ...

America's cattle herd hits 70-year low as drought and costs devastate ranchers nationwide, driving beef prices up 16%.

MANDAN, N.D. — North Dakota rancher August Heupel has yet to sell any of the beef calves he has raised this year, so far avoiding the recent drop in prices that was fueled in part by comments from ...

The High Plains area weekly weighted average direct cattle sales results for the week ending Nov. 9, reported receipts of 61.553 head compared to 48,293 head a week ago and 43,292 head a year ago, ...

Gross profit. Generally, the term “packer margin” is a reference to gross profit – aka the “live-to-cutout spread” (Chart 1).