Live cattle futures were mixed, with front months down a nickel to 32 cents and other contracts up 5 to 30 cents. USDA ...

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.

Live cattle futures were mixed on Monday, with front months down a nickel to 32 cents and other contracts up 5 to 30 cents.

Major U.S. meatpackers use E-Verify, the federal work-authorization database, but a June 2025 raid at an Omaha plant enrolled in the system resulted in roughly 70 arrests for using stolen identities, ...

December live cattle (LEZ26) futures on Friday fell $1.70 to $221.475 and for the week were down 67 1/2 cents. November feeder cattle (GFX26) futures lost $5.20 to $331.15 and for the week were down ...

Cattle price performance will be tightly linked to how the season tracks in the north, the latest price bounce a reaction of ...

Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.4 million head on Oct. 1, 2026. The inventory was slightly below Oct ...

U.S. cattle producers are being squeezed on several fronts.

Cattle Call is an original production of the Nebraska Rural Radio Association, presented by Blue Chip Herefords of Oxford, ...

While the impact of imported beef harming the domestic cattle industry has been the topic of many a livestock media headline ...

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.

Beef packing plants have closed. Regional cattle buyers have disappeared. Workers have lost jobs, and cattle producers are ...