A new report from the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute says livestock and dairy receipts will exceed commodity receipts this year. Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold uneven; ...
Gone are the days when cattle market data was only accessible on the radio, bag phones were the only option outside of a landline and every day’s work was witnessed from the saddle of a bomb-proof ...
Environmental conditions have handed a mixed bag to stocker cattle producers this year. Stocker cattle need adequate forage to get them to the next level in the production cycle as feeder cattle or ...
Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher with instances in the South-Central area of up to 13.00 higher. Demand was good to very good for all types of cattle this week as ...
A survey distributed to the Texas stocker cattle industry by Texas A&M University System agricultural agencies will help collect vital trend data to assist in meeting future research and educational ...
Generally stocker operators consider 7 percent or less morbidity — or illness — to be low risk and 27.5 percent or above to be high risk (Table 1). Research data show 10.3 deaths per 1,000 head of ...
Prolific rains during the spring and summer have produced a wealth of forages perfect for stocker calves. As summer heat builds and forage plants progress to a reproductive state, the nutritional ...
CHEROKEE — The stocker cattle businesses is becoming big business as rising feed and fuel costs are pushing smaller operations out or into cow/calf operations. Cherokee Sales Co. Manager Tim Starks ...
Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold uneven; 2.00 lower to 2.00 higher. Demand continues to be good to very good as buyers have been active. While the market has been on fire, the coldest ...