Brad Kooima with Kooima Kooima Varilek says the USDA Cattle on Feed report was providing some support. The on feed number ...

Record cattle prices and futures strength signal a bullish outlook for 2026.

Feeders pushed cash cattle bids from $245 to $248-249 per hundredweight after packers offered steady prices Friday.

USDA’s semi-annual cattle inventory report confirmed the smallest herd in 75 years. This comes as the cattle industry is still healing from consecutive years of drought, but the surprise is that ...

Cattle inventory in the United States has dropped to its lowest level since 1951, with 86.2 million cattle and calves at the start of 2026, according to the USDA.

Live cattle are trading with midday gains of 47 cents to $1.02 in the front months, but lower in the deferreds. Cash trade settled in at $240-244 in the north and $242-245 in the south. Feeder cattle ...

Brad Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek says cattle futures are getting overbought and ran into another layer of chart resistance Wednesday but higher cash could push the market to new highs.

Lean hog futures closed Monday Trade with contracts 55 to 70 cents lower, as February was down a nickel. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $83.25 on Monday afternoon, down 31 cents. The ...

Beef herds, already at the lowest levels since 1951 both nationally as well as in Florida, shrank yet again in January 2026, according to the latest reports.

OSU Extension's Derrell Peel gave his expectations for the current cattle market and the future of the historic low cattle inventory.