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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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Why all the cut tags?

November 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…

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Beef Brief-Nov. 15, 2023

November 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…

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Marketing Team Trail-Nov. 8, 2023

November 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…

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Beef Brief-Nov. 6, 2023

November 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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Beef Brief-Oct. 31, 2023

October 31, 2023

Week ending Oct. 27, 2023 It was a challenging week when reviewing trends in last week’s cattle trade. The national average feeder steer price was sharply down, closing the week down $7.43 at $239.80. Feeder cattle futures closed the week down $5.32 to $7.35 in the front three months of trade. Despite these declines on…

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Beef Brief-Oct. 17, 2023

October 17, 2023

Week ending Oct. 13, 2023 Fed cattle in the South were $1 higher from previous weeks at $183 while northern trade cattle were up to $3 higher at $186.  Feeder and stocker calves were around $1 lower while live cattle futures trended slightly higher with feeder cattle futures mostly mixed. Feeder cattle were trading at…

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Beef Brief-Oct. 11, 2023

October 10, 2023

Week ending Oct. 6, 2023 Fed, feeder and stocker calf prices trended lower during October’s first full week of trade. Fed cattle traded at $1 lower to close the week, with northern trade down from $184 to $183. Southern trade was down from $183 to $182. The national average for feeder steers closed the week…

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