Market News Cattle futures lower at midweek At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were lower on technical liquidating, waiting on direct business to develop. June live cattle closed $.35 lower at $251.07 and August live cattle closed ... See more
Market News Midday cash livestock markets Direct cash cattle trade activity is off to another pretty quiet start. Bids have surfaced in Kansas at $248 live, but the rest of cattle country has been quiet. Asking prices have been floated in parts of Texas a... See more
Market News Cattle futures up ahead of direct business At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were higher, ahead of the week’s direct business and taking into consideration the tight supply of ready numbers. June live cattle closed $2.... See more
News Profitability challenges continue for row crop operations as cattle producers benefit from historic price levels An ag economist says the health of the farm economy isn’t the same across the board. University of Tennessee’s Charley Martinez says he v... See more
Market News Midday cash livestock markets Direct cash cattle trade activity was quiet again. Bids and asking prices have not surfaced. Significant trade volume isn’t expected to take place until sometime Thursday or Friday. There were just a handful of de... See more
