Cattle inventories hit 1950s lows while prices surge 29 percent as drought and economics drive widespread herd liquidation.

The December report showed cattle and calves on feed in large feedlots (greater than 1,000 head) totaled 11.727 million head on Dec. 1. USDA livestock analyst Michael McConnell says inventory levels ...

Dec. 1 cattle on feed in line with pre-report estimates. November placements the smallest in series history. Dec. 1 cattle on ...

Live and feeder cattle futures made new highs for the move Monday morning after a strong close Friday and higher weekly closes. However, the big catalyst is the bullish USDA Cattle on Feed Report data ...

The latest United States Cattle on Feed report showed a small increase in numbers of cattle going through the nation’s larger feedlots during July, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, ...

The number of cattle on feed around the country declined by 1%, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service report issued in late January. The report on ...

While the overall number of cattle in the United States remains at extremely low levels, the trend of lower cattle inventories in feedlots is continuing. That is reflected in the ...

LAKE BENTON, Minn. — When you’re in the registered cattle business, there is just no choice but to secure winter feed to ensure proper calving in the spring. If you don’t have high-quality feed, you ...

In recent years, substantial progress has been made in understanding biological and genetic sources of variation in feed ...

Agronomists at Kansas State University believe that crabgrass could be used as an alternative cattle forage during summer.

A fight is brewing over the practice of feeding chicken feces and other poultry farm waste to cattle. A coalition of food and consumer groups that includes Consumers Union and the Center for Science ...