Cattle futures end lower fading USDA’s Cattle Inventory Report but do the historic numbers eventually push cattle to record highs? Hogs resume their slide, while grains ended mixed as soybeans ...

South Dakota feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 235,000 cattle on feed on December 1, 2024, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was ...

USDA announced this week it’s nixing a major cattle inventory report. The July Cattle Inventory report, which is only one of two inventory reports released each year, will be no more.

The 2024 average price exceeded the previous annual record in 2015 by 21.6 percent. Just a few more fed cattle are expected ...

The Cattle Inventory reports, which provide inventory data on the U.S. cattle herd, had been released in both January and July, but July’s will no longer be issued. In reaction to Tuesday’s ...

For generations, Americanism and the livestock industry have been closely entwined. From the cowboys immortalized on the ...

The USDA says placements of cattle into U.S. feedlots during November were down on the year. The total of 1.796 million head was 4% below November 2023, partially due to a tighter calf supply because ...

"Our cattle inventory has declined for a number of years. It's actually the lowest since the mid-'80s," said market analyst Jamie Kerr. "A lot of those (reasons) are weather driven and there have ...

The November Cattle on Feed report showed slightly more cattle in feedlots compared to a year ago, although no dramatic changes from last year. University of Florida Extension Beef Economist Hanna ...