Markets
June stocker/feeder prices tumble lower
June stocker/feeder prices continued spiraling downward after reaching record highs in April. Prices for all classes of stocker and feeder cattle declined for the second straight month after a six-month rally.
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Trends in hide color
Welcome to the Premium Market Snapshot — a series of market commentaries focused squarely on trends in quality grading and in the production and sales of high-quality beef.
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Female prices follow fed markets lower
After defying the cattle market’s lower trend during May, female prices came back to reality and followed fed-cattle prices lower during June.
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Female markets defy lower trend
After an exciting spring rally that produced record-high prices for both fed and feeder cattle, May saw most markets decline steadily.
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USDA Prime-grading beef
The Premium Market Snapshot is a series of market commentaries focused squarely on trends in quality grading and in the production and sales of high-quality beef.
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Global demand spurs record first-quarter beef exports
Beef exports continue on a record-setting pace.
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May stocker/feeder markets fizzle
April’s red-hot stocker/feeder markets turned to a fizzle during May. Prices for all classes of stocker and feeder cattle slumped after a six-month rally.
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Rally ends, indicators tumble lower
After setting record highs this spring, cattle markets fell dramatically during May, pulling industry indicators and expectations lower.
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Beef exports to Japan surge in first quarter
In spite of Japan’s earthquake, tsunami and ensuing nuclear crisis, U.S. beef exports to the country during the first three months of 2011 jumped 93 percent above those during the same period last year.
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How heifers affect the quality mix
This snapshot looks at the relationship between the percentage of fed cattle grading Choice and Prime and the percentage of heifers in the harvest mix.
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Business or lifestyle?
Do you operate as a business or are you a full-time recreationalist? I am sure most of you would say you are running a business and enjoy what you are doing.
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- YSA members gain insight into agribusiness, retail industries
- Meat industry associations quick to attack the new MCOOL rule
- Team up against bovine respiratory disease
- Oil prices pare losses on U.S. equities turnaround
- Future of food discussion with Agriculture Secretary
- Ag markets diverged prove rather volatile on Thursday
- Former Eastern Livestock CEO, CFO sentenced for federal crimes
- Post-tornado composting a solution for disposal of dead livestock
- Michigan hay buyers should plan purchases early
- More beef cows in worst drought regions than a year ago
- Seven jobs more dangerous than farming
- New animal identification rules aid disease traceability
