December 19, 2023
Week ending Dec. 15, 2023 Cash trade in the fed cattle sector closed the week down from the week prior. Northern trade was $3 lower at at $168, while southern trade was only $1 lower at $170. Futures trade for the week fortunately closed higher. Across the front three months, trade was up $2.77 to…
Read MoreDecember 12, 2023
By Tom Brink, RAAA CEO This question is more than rhetorical, because it impacts how the U.S. beef industry does business and what it puts on consumer plates. Let us start with the obvious, scientifically based answer: Angus is a breed with two colors (black and red). There is nothing unique about that fact.…
Read MoreDecember 5, 2023
Week ending Dec. 1, 2023 All facets of fed cattle trade saw a decline in last week's trade. Trade was light in the South compared to steady trade in the North. Both markets closed $2 lower at $175. In the front three months of trade, live cattle futures closed $0.98 to $1.85 lower from the…
Read MoreNovember 30, 2023
The Junior Red Angus board of directors attended their fall retreat Nov. 17-19 in Oklahoma City. Junior board members in attendance were Cameron Ison, Paducah, Kentucky; Kenedy DeVoe, Justin, Texas; Gracie Rogers, Princeton, Missouri; and Zachary Griffeth, Marietta, Oklahoma. On Friday, Nov. 17, the group traveled to Chickasha, Oklahoma, to visit the Grady County Fairgrounds…
Read MoreNovember 29, 2023
Week ending Nov. 24, 2023 We are still seeing a downward trend in fed cattle in the national market. Lightweight cattle in the North and South traded at $1 lower at $177 and feeder cattle traded at $3 lower at $228.61. Stockers were lower by $2.23 at $271.48. For reference, feeder cattle were $185 a…
Read MoreNovember 21, 2023
Week ending Nov.17, 2023 Fed cattle trade in the North and South both closed the week down $3 at $178. Live cattle futures trade closed the week up $1.50 to $2.15 across the front three months of trade. The national average price for feeder steers closed down $4.13 for the week at $232.03. Trade was…
Read MoreNovember 15, 2023
By Rachael Oliver, RAAA Commercial Marketing Specialist The other day while my father and I were processing a group of new calves that we will background in our feedyard, I thought to myself as I cut out every visual tag placed in the ears of those calves, we were processing. Why do we hold so much…
Read MoreNovember 15, 2023
Week ending Nov. 10, 2023 The Fed Cattle Markets in the North and South closed the week $4 lower, with both markets settling at $181 for the week. The front three months of live cattle trade closed the week down $9.70 to $10.90. The national average price for feeder steers closed $5.06 lower than week…
Read MoreNovember 8, 2023
By Taylor Ohlde As temperatures cool down the sales are heating up throughout the breed. With fall bull sales and feeder calf sales in full swing, red cattle are on the rise in Kansas and Missouri. I'm getting the opportunity to travel around to the state of Missouri seeing tag users and seedstock. Then back…
Read MoreNovember 6, 2023
Week ending Nov. 3, 2023 The national feeder calf average was $241.21 this week — $1.42 higher with trade mostly $2 lower to $4 higher. This is lower compared to last month which was $250.40. Stocker cattle traded $1.81 higher at $277.54 — down from last month at $282.97. Fed cattle trade in the North…
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