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Grass and graze-out buyers push calf and feeder prices higher

2016-02-27 02:57:00| Beef

Demand for cattle to send to graze-out wheat and summer grass helped lift calf and feeder prices this week. Calves traded mostly $3-$8 per cwt higher this week, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. Yearlings sold mostly steady to $3 higher. Strengthening wholesale beef values and cattle futures also supported calf and feeder prices. read more

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Grazing cattle underpin calf and feeder demand

2016-02-20 04:36:00| Beef

Cash and futures prices showed some spark this week, buoyed by sharply stronger outside markets. Calves and yearlings traded mostly steady to $5 higher at auction, according to the Agricultural marketing Service (AMS). Although cash fed cattle trade was limited to Nebraska and Iowa-Minnesota through Friday afternoon, dressed prices were $4-$5 more than the previous week at $210 per cwt. read more

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Here's how attaining zero calf sickness is absolutely possible

2016-02-18 19:58:00| Beef

Shorting the cow nutritionally during any of the 283 days of gestation could negatively impact the developing fetus and make it more susceptible to disease after birth. Vet's Opinion read more

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Now you can protect the unborn calf against BVD

2016-01-11 02:58:26| Beef

One of the most insidious aspects of a bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) infection is the chance of creating a persistently infected (PI) calf. read more

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Calf and yearling prices move higher

2015-11-28 01:36:00| Beef

Cattle prices were mostly higher during the holiday-shortened week. According to the Agricultural Marketing Service, a light test of calves sold mostly steady to $10 per cwt higher at major auctions, while a light test of yearlings sold steady to $4 higher. Direct trade was firm to $3 higher. "Producers should not expect a price resurgence before the end of the year for calves or yearling cattle," explained Andrew P. Griffith, agricultural economist at the University of Tennessee, in his market comments the previous week. "Further declines in the yearling market are becoming less likely but more downward pressure is possible. read more

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