Although warning signs are emerging, economists say record-high beef prices could hold for up to two more years. Tight ...

Live cattle futures are trading with $2 to $2.75 gains across most contracts at midday. Cash trade shifted from $230 early in ...

Several years of drought, low cattle prices, and record-setting input and supply costs have led to a shrinking cattle herd, ...

Live cattle futures were down $3.70 to $7.22 on the Friday session follow comments from President Trump on Thursday. December was just 70 cents lower on the week. Cash trade settled in at $240-241 ...

On Oct. 16, 2025, President Donald Trump said the price of beef is “higher than we want it, and that’s going to be coming ...

After an ugly pullback in the cattle market futures are trying to recover for a third day on Friday according to Scott Varilek of Kooima Kooima Varilek as cash strength is returning.

Last week most feeder cattle auctions had a big increase in price with feeder cattle $6 to $12 per hundredweight higher and calves $10 to $20 per hundredweight higher. We sold several 600-pound steers ...

Live cattle are sharply lower with limit down moves in feeders under expanded limits on Monday morning. Brad Kooima says now ...

In a mid-August Barchart article on the animal protein sector of the commodities market, I cited three factors supporting animal protein prices since the 2020 lows, including inflation increasing ...

A new report from the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute says livestock and dairy receipts will exceed commodity receipts this year. Compared to last week, this was Labor Day week with ...

Average fed cattle prices increased from an average price of $161 in the first quarter of 2023 to $180 in the third quarter, or 12%. Moreover, feeding cost of gain had declined from its peak earlier ...