The price for calves has been attractive, drawing from faraway places ... Given the smaller cattle herd, on-going challenges to expand the herd and the time to do so, futures prices continue ...

Experts say herd rebuilding has not begun yet, partly due to lingering drought conditions in some areas and high prices that cattle are drawing in the sale ring. Anderson predicts the herd rebuild ...

USDA’s Semi-Annual Cattle Inventory report confirmed a 61-year low in the beef cow herd, and barring some major change in the weather, the cattle inventory may not be done shrinking yet.

The U.S. cattle herd is smaller than it has been in 74 years, though Texas' population has risen slightly in the last year, according to new data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

This will lead to fewer fed cattle being available for beef production during the summer months when beef demand is typically the highest (Figure 2). This sharp decline could be the first sign of herd ...

our national cattle herd has shrunk by about 6.5 million mother cows, and we’ve eliminated over 87,000 farmer feeders from our domestic supply chain’s marketing outlets. What zero tariffs did ...