Cattle Markets: BSE announcement creates off week for markets

K-State livestock economist Glynn Tonsor offers this week's cattle market commentary. Tonsor reflects on the market's resilience after the BSE announcement last Tuesday, and shares his latest beef demand index numbers.

1. Boxed beef hits record highs, cattle weak to lower
2. U.S. cattle placements rise in April as feed costs subside
3. Beef bull management refresher
4. Beef research and resources update
5. Workshop to discuss nutrient application, management, stewardship
6. Help for flood affected farmers

1. Texas ranchers & cattlemen purchase South Texas beef processor
2. Glass walls at the packing plant
3. Insects. They’re what’s for dinner!
4. The relationship between retail gasoline prices and futures prices
5. Domestic ethanol production starts to grow again
6. Drought losses in Oklahoma top $400 million for 2012

1. Insects. They’re what’s for dinner!
2. Tyson selects panel to monitor animal welfare program
3. World food supply depends on character, virtuous leadership
4. Commentary: Slanting the statistics
5. Buffet concerned about soil and starvation
6. Cold spring stunts upper Midwest hay crop