Canada cattle report: Canadian auction volumes seasonally decline
Light trade was reported last week with weighted average steer prices fully steady with the previous week while heifer prices strengthened $1.50/cwt.
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Scientist shares international experience beefing up meat quality
Dr. Stephen Smith spoke about his international efforts to help bolster the beef industry at a recent seminar on the Texas A&M campus.
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Considerations for feeding the beef cow herd this winter
Tight feed supplies coupled with high prices will make over wintering the beef cow herd more costly than usual.
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Cattle Outlook: Fewer cattle in feedlots, record high for beef
USDA's cattle on feed report said there were 6.0% fewer cattle in large feedlots than on December 1, 2011. November placements were down 5.6% while marketings were down 0.7%. The on-feed number is 0.6% above pre-release trade forecasts.
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Canada cattle report: Canada’s fed prices up 8 of last 9 weeks
Eight out of the last nine weeks local fed prices have strengthened and annual highs continue to be established.
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Cattle comfort in the winter
As the days grow shorter and winter sets in it is a good time to review some items for management of cold stress and general cattle comfort.
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Win 3 ways: Optimize production, sell at premium, reduce costs
As beef producers, some of us get into a mentality of either improving production, seeing how much we can sell our animals for, or reducing costs with improved forage utiliization.
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Reduce cow costs, increase revenue
Property taxes don’t mind if your cows are black or white or red. Ranches must have fences, pickups and equipment, regardless of what the calves weigh at weaning.
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Cattle feeding: Taking advantage of lower corn futures
During the first two weeks of December, March corn futures have lost more than $0.40/bu as poor exports and other bearish factors have dominated the trade.
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Wheat pasture, negative margins pressure cattle prices
Much of the wheat pasture in the Southern Plains is deteriorating as the drought continues. As a result, feeder cattle prices have slipped somewhat recently and are well below their February-March 2012 highs.
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Beef cow slaughter continues at liquidation pace
With only a few weeks of data to finish the year, beef cow slaughter, though significantly smaller than last year, is on pace to ensure additional herd liquidation for the 2012 year. For the year to date, beef cow slaughter is down 12.6 percent from last year. Smaller year over year reductions in recent weeks have reduced the magnitude of the decrease from last year.
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- Commentary: New rules un-COOL
- Former Eastern Livestock CEO, CFO sentenced for federal crimes
- TSCRA works with sale barns to catch Houston cattle thief
- NASA backs 3D food printer to feed growing population
- More beef cows in worst drought regions than a year ago
- Post-tornado composting a solution for disposal of dead livestock
