Sort & Cull

It may be infuriating to see cash cattle prices chop sideways when it's possible the market could have traded higher, but if feedlots could simply trade cattle for the nearby delivery, as opposed to committing them to the deferred delivery, that would help the market...

Last week's cash cattle market may have traded mixed, but it completely missed the mark and ultimately let precious market-share pass it by.

Some buyers showed the feeder cattle market more interest than others last week, but with feed prices continuing to be volatile and expensive, finding a breakeven equation is tough, let alone a profit for feedlots.

Bleach-marking cows is an easy and convenient way for ranchers to mark which cows need to go to town; but when it's also used as a tool against them when it's time to sell, producers may need to rethink how they mark their cull cows.

The battle between what's developing and transpiring within the cattle market -- and what's developing and transpiring throughout our economy -- will rage on for some time. Nevertheless, the market will continue to be a balancing act, weighing two components -- the cattle...

Unfortunately, I have some experience with needlestick injuries. Anyone who has worked with livestock probably has a similar story.

With close to a million fewer feeder cattle outside feedlots when compared to a year ago, simple supply and demand concepts would argue that feeder cattle prices should be trending higher, but with volatility laced throughout the marketplace, finding a sound breakeven on...

We know that the Fed has promised higher interest rates as a cause-and-effect scenario to tame the nation's uncontrolled inflation, but could it be possible that the market has carved out its low for the time being?