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Afraid of freight?

Last week, Paul had the chance to visit with the fine folks at the Idaho Beef Summit in Twin Falls, Idaho. He gave two presentations in two days, titled “A Steak in Your Bottom Line….The Importance of...

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Reluctant trade

Here’s your Meat Market Minute for this week: Live cattle trade had not occurred by the time most weekly publications went to press, so you could say it was running late. Packer bids were collected at...

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Middle meats for your Valentine

Here’s this week’s Meat Market Minute: Last week live cattle traded steady with the previous week at $123. Production levels remain low compared to last year (602K vs. 639K) as packers keep working to...

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Fed cattle up; 25.2% CAB boosts supply

Here’s the Meat Market Minute: Live cattle traded even to slightly lower last week after the previous week’s surprising $5 rally. Packers have continued to run reduced hours to manage margins, but...

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Beef market setback may spur featuring

Here’s your weekly meat market minute:Most live cattle trade occurred at $122/cwt last week, $3.80 below the previous. Decreases in spot cash values ran over into the Futures market by mid-week...

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Cattle price finds support despite beef harvest decline

Here’s your weekly Meat Market Minute: Production was significantly cut on Monday of last week as packers worked to minimize losses and regain position. That day’s federally inspected harvest was...

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Beef: packers gotta have it

Here’s your weekly Meat Market Minute: Live cattle traded steady in the South and slightly up in the North for an average of $123 last week. That was a victory for cattle feeders amid the second...

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Surprise sales lead to restocking

Here’s your Meat Market Minute: Federally Inspected harvest was up 9,000 going into last Saturday’s production, however, packers pulled back and only processed an estimated 2,000 head more than the...

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Expectations

“Record high cattle prices!” When you’re sharing news like that at a cattle industry outlook seminar, you’d expect the audience to be teeming with excitement. That is if it’s a crowd of cow-calf...

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Less cattle, more Prime

Less cattle = more Prime? It doesn’t take a mathematician to think, “Something doesn’t add up.” Fed steer and heifer harvest is down 6.2% for the first 32 weeks of the year, but it’s no even...

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