At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were higher waiting on direct business and Friday’s On Feed report from the USDA. December live cattle closed $.95 higher at $231.12 and ...

Live cattle futures saw some steadier trade in the front months, down a dime to 12 cents higher, with other contracts up 15 ...

Live cattle futures fell $5.70 to $6.25 across the front months on Friday, with August holding onto $2.42 gains this week. Due to the limit losses in the feeders, live cattle will have expanded limits ...

Live cattle futures posted Monday gains of $2.72 to $4.90. Due to limit gains in some feeder cattle contracts, live cattle limits are expanded to $10.75 on Tuesday. Cash trade has yet to get kicked ...

Tyson Foods is shrinking its beef-processing footprint. At first glance, this seems like an ordinary corporate story. Tyson expects its beef business to lose hundreds of millions of dollars this year.

Low herd numbers and delayed wheat pasture demand are keeping a firm floor under calf prices, even as retail cutouts struggle ...

Beef packing plants have closed. Regional cattle buyers have disappeared. Workers have lost jobs, and cattle producers are dealing with the loss of nearby markets. The damage is well underway.