Price Relationships of Beef X Dairy Calves and Dairy Calves

Boxed Beef Cutout Pushes Higher 

A Small Decline in Sheep Numbers

Cull Cow Prices High and Bull Prices Break $200

Heavy Cattle Weights and Fewer Head

Rumors, Risks, and the Screwworm: A Lesson from January 16

Regional Cattle Price Spreads and Patterns 

Chicken Wing Bowl, 2026! 

The Cow Herd Shrinks Some More

Any Herd Expansion from Heifers?

Two Big Cattle Reports This Month

Will Cull Cow Prices Increase This Year?

Chicken Production Up and Prices Down

Total Meat Supplies End Year on High Note

Tamale Time!

Milk Prices Falling Fast

When Plants Stop, Spreads Change: Processing Shocks and the Beef Live-to-Cutout Price Spread

The Impact of Tyson’s Closure on Beef Slaughter Capacity Utilization

A COF Report Comes Out Among Other Headlines

Cull Cows Defy Seasonality

Some Special Prices for Turkey Day

Cattle Auction Prices Follow Futures Prices Lower

A Wave of Milk and Slumping Prices

Beef Imports to the Rescue?

A Check in on the Beef Cutout

Cull Cow Prices See Just a Little Seasonal Decline

The Chicken or The Egg…. Productivity in 2026  

Feedlot Placements and Marketings Down Sharply from Year Ago

Turkeys – A 2025 Holiday Outlook

Productivity In Cattle, Hogs, and Lambs

Meat Prices After Labor Day

Fewer Cattle on Feed But, Some Questions

Tariffs and Trade in the Lamb Market

Ground Beef Now or Calves in 2026?

Dairy Semen Market Trends

Thoughts on Two Big Cattle Reports

Any Relief in Sight for Consumers?

Beef x Dairy Placements

Hog Prices Hit 3-Year Highs

Beef Slaughter Capacity Utilization

Fewer Marketings, Tighter Beef Supplies

Cattle and Beef Prices Push Higher

A Little More Insight on Meat Trade 

Tallow and Lard

From Grass to Gains: Why Stockpiling Bahiagrass Pays Off

Working Less on Friday!

Screwworms, Part II

Cattle Prices Hit New Highs and Carcass Grading Trends Over Time

Volatility and Fundamentals

Fewer Heifers in Feedlots

2025 National Feeder and Stocker Receipts and Heifer Percentage

Cattle Inventory and Beef Production

Record Cow Prices!  It’s Not April Fools! 

Chickens Before Eggs

COF Report Amid Declining Prices

Depopulation as a Tool for Highly Contagious Animal Disease Control 

Can Broiler Eggs Help Table Egg Prices?

February Cattle on Feed 

Fewer Cattle on Feed?

Increasing Size in Broilers – A Long-Term Trend

Fewer Cows in 2025

Placements Lower Than Expected in January Cattle-On-Feed Report

New Record High Prices

Fed Cattle Weights and Herd Expansion

Four Questions the 2025 Cattle Market Will Need to Answer

2024 Beef Cattle Market Review

Christmas Dinner!

Dairy Rollercoaster

Rising Prices at Year End

A Look at the Livestock Forage Disaster Program 

An Old Menace

A Look at the Hog Market

Feeder Cattle Futures Prices

Egg Prices Are On The Rise….Again

Fewer Heifers on Feed

An Alternative Big Mac

Almost Time to Think Turkey

The Three Ps of Herd Expansion: Profit, Pasture and Patience

Seasonal Price Trends & Inventory

Cattle on Feed and Record High August Fed Cattle Weights

Summer Slide

Inventories, Weather, and Local Hay Markets

Feeder Heifer Imports from Mexico and U.S. Herd Rebuilding

U.S. Beef Imports: A Quick Look at Recent Trends

The Relationship Between Formula and Negotiated Cash Fed Cattle Prices

Finding the GOAT

Dairy Cow Slaughter Posts Strong Rebound

Cattle and Drought in the South and Southeast 

Growing On-feed Inventory, Lower Placements, and No Sign of Heifer Retention

Retail Meat Prices Ease a Little

Falling Corn Prices, Higher Calf Prices

New Record High Cattle Prices

The Relative Value of Bred Cows

A Cattle On Feed Preview

From Byproduct to Beef: Revolutionizing Cattle Feeding for Sustainability and Savings in the Southeast

Humanely Processed Chicken May Bring a Premium Price

Fewer Cattle on Feed, Higher Prices

Steer Dressed Weight: Recent Counter-Seasonal Behavior and its Long-Term Growth Trend

Diamond Rings for Old Things

Mixed Impacts of H5N1 in Dairy Cows on Dairy and Beef Cattle Markets

Butterfat Continues to be a Major Driver of Milk Value

Milk Cows in the Southeast 

Data Delivers Market Transparency, For Now

Prospective Plantings, Feed Prices and Implications for Feeder Cattle Markets

The Now and Later of Feedlot Inventories

Incentives Help Solar Battle Electricity Cost Increases on Commercial Poultry Farms

Cow and Cow-Beef Prices Booming

Record Feeder Cattle Prices

2022 Census of Agriculture: Review of Southern Hay Prices

Heifers on Feed and Feedlot Demographics

Ag Census Reveals Fewer Beef Cow Farms

Where are the Girls?

Thoughts on the Cattle Inventory Report

Higher Cattle and Beef Prices

Lower Hay Stocks in Some of the Southeast for Winter

More COF Still?

More Pigs

Weight Gain

EQIP Overview for Livestock Producers

Large Cow Culling Continues

Holiday Baking Gets a Boost

Feeder Bulls Discounted to Feeder Steers?

Lamb And Mutton Production Shrinks This Year 

It’s Turkey Time!

A Charlie Brown Christmas for Cattle Prices

Understanding Basis When Managing Feeder Cattle Price Risk

Producers Embrace USDA’s Livestock Risk Protection Program

More Heifers Continue to Head to Feedlots

Balance of Trade Has Shifted as Beef Production has Decreased

Cow Culling Climbing Seasonally

New Commercial Poultry Breeder Housing Under Economic Stress

All Markets are Local

Proposition 12 Preliminary Price Impacts

Are You Buying Hay For The Winter?

A Check in on Boxed Beef Cutout Value

Feed Inputs for Ranchers: A Brief Look at Corn and Hay

To Breed or To Feed?

Are We Robbing Peter’s Heifers?

Counter Seasonal Runs in Cattle Prices

Is It Too Early to Talk Turkey?

No Signs of Beef Cattle Herd Expansion…Yet

Dairy Margin Coverage Provides Some Help in Challenging Milk Market

More Dairy Cow Culling

Hot Dog!  It’s Fourth of July!

Surprisingly Big Placements in the June Cattle on Feed Report

Uptick in Livestock Risk Protection for Fed Cattle

Uptick in Livestock Risk Protection for Feeder Cattle

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Grass Fed Beef Prices

Low Hog Prices and Red Ink

Brisket Prices on the Rise

National Feeder and Stocker Cattle Receipts Higher to Start 2023

April Cattle on Feed – What to Make of March Placements

Marketing Locally Raised Meats? Lessons Learned in South Carolina        

Another Week, Another Record

Cattle Prices in Record Territory

‘Tis The Season for Lamb

Heating Fuel and Electricity Concerns for Commercial Poultry

Beef Cow Culling Sharply Lower

Dairy Margin Coverage Program Begins 2023 with Payment

Beef Price Spread Relationship with Processing Capacity Utilization

Peak Meat

An Interesting Curiosity, for Now

Calf Prices Jump

Observations on the Cattle Report in the South

Record Egg Prices Driven by Supply Disruptions

The Interesting Part of the Cattle on Feed Report

Fewer Cattle on Feed Expected

A Very (Very) Early Look at Post-Drought Herd Rebuilding

Smaller Weekly Beef Cow Culling, Finally

Fewer COF and Hogs, But More Milk

Retail Meat Prices Finally Decline

Feeding Efficiency Gains Over Time

Fed Cattle Prices Jump Higher

High Hog and Pork Prices This Year

Exceptional Cow and Heifer Slaughter

Retail Beef prices Lower, Pork Higher

Beef Cow Slaughter Ramps Up

Small Grain Pastures

It’s Turkey Time!

Growth in Forward Delivery Beef Sales

Negotiated Fed Cattle Sales Decline in 2022

Value of Bred Heifers in 2023

Drought Continues to Impact Cattle Flow

Livestock Feed Price Implications for Fall

Wholesale Beef Prices

Cow Slaughter in the South

Livestock Risk Protection Cost is Lower

Fuel Price Volatility a Growing Concern for Commercial Poultry Growers

Grazing Stocker Cattle on Warm-Season Annual Forges

Drought is Sending More Cows to Market

PRF Adoption Rate to Mitigate Drought Impact

Cattle and COF Reports

Between a Rock and a Dry Place: Culling Decisions

Falling Corn Prices and Cost of Gain

Net Farm Income Varies Widely in Commercial Broiler Production

Hedging Opportunities for Managing Price Risk for Cattle

Farm Level Milk Prices Set Record in Back-to-Back Months

Pork and Beef International Trade

Large Cow Culling, Calf Prices Diving

Pricing Hay for Profit

Large Placements Bring Tighter Feeder Supplies

Are we ready for one more Niña season?

2022 Range and Pasture Conditions

Should Feeder Calves be PI Tested?

Index of Weekly Google Searches for ” How to Cook Lamb”, 2004-2022

Beef Cow Slaughter Continues to Run High

Dairy Product Prices

March Cattle on Feed Sets a Record

The Cost of Avian Flu to the Southeastern Broiler Industry

Another Big Placement Month

Cull Cow Prices Skyrocket

Higher Feed Costs for Livestock Producers

Marketing Feeder Cattle at 6-Year Price Highs

Record High Cattle on Feed Expected

Cattle Grazing on Small Grain Pastures – Challenges During this Drought Period

January 1 Feeder Cattle Supplies Decline 2.6 Percent

Cattle Inventory Report

Seasonal Price Indices for Cull Livestock

Poultry’s Perfect Storm in 2021-22

Cattle Areas in Drought

Calf Prices Start the New Year Higher

More Cattle Placed and Marketed Expected

Meat Prices and CPI

Fewer Dairy Cows in Parts of the South

Huge Cow Culling in Southeast? Not So Fast, My Friend!

More Cattle Heading to Feedlots

Calf Prices on the Rise

It’s Turkey Time! Gobble Gobble!

Strong Meat Export Totals in 2021

Commercial Poultry Input Costs Heating Up!

Cow Prices Start Seasonal Slump