New year opens with strong fundamentals in the cattle market, setting up for another good year. The end of 2025 brought ...

CROCKETT, Texas (Reuters) - With almost all of Texas in drought, ranchers are sending ever more cattle off to slaughter, a trend likely to increase beef prices over the long term due to dwindling ...

Live cattle futures are up 20 cents in the nearby February contracts, with other months $1 to $1.50 higher. Cash trade from ...

And young heifers could be the value point as prices trend not far outside the range of slaughter cow money. There were several big yardings of cattle across three states last week, led by the opening ...

Live cattle futures posted losses of $2 to $2.20 in the front months on Wednesday. Cash trade has been quiet so far this week ...

While conditions are especially acute in Texas, about 54% of all U.S. cattle were in some form of drought as of Aug. 16, up from 36% a year earlier. Cattle slaughter is high nationwide, temporarily ...