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Beef Brief-Jan. 17, 2024

January 17, 2024

Week ending Jan. 12, 2024 In the fed cattle sector, cash trade was limited in the South at $1.72. Northern trade held steady for the week at $175. Fed cattle futures closed up $.07 to $.80 for the week across the front three months of trade. Feeder and stocker calf prices were on the rise…

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RAAA’s Stayability EPD: Key points to consider

January 10, 2024

by Tom Brink, RAAA CEO Definition: Stayability predicts differences in the ability of an animal’s retained daughters to remain productive in the herd, calving every year, through six years of age. Units are in percentage terms; higher is better. STAY is an IGS-calculated EPD, with millions of cow records behind it. RAAA’s total herd reporting…

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Beef Brief-Jan. 10, 2024

January 10, 2024

Week ending Jan. 5, 2024 For the week of Jan.5th, the markets trended higher in the Northern Plains and nonexistent in the Southern Plains. Northern cattle were $4 higher at $175 for fed cattle, while feeder cattle were $2 higher and stockers were $3 higher. Fed cattle were up from $172 last week to $175…

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Beef Brief-Jan. 3, 2024

January 3, 2024

Week ending Dec. 29, 2023 Live cattle futures had mixed results to conclude the holiday week of trade. December contracts closed at $173.67, while February futures closed at $168.50. Cash trade did see slight increases during the holiday week. Southern trade was up $1, closing at $172. Northern trade was up $2-$3 at $172-$173. Feeder…

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Beef Brief-Dec. 20, 2023

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…

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Is Angus simply a matter of color?

December 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.…

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Beef Brief-Dec. 6, 2023

December 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…

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JRA directors attend fall retreat; plan for 2024 activities

November 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…

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Beef Brief-Nov. 29, 2023

November 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…

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Beef Brief-Nov. 22, 2023

November 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…

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