I hear several cattlemen who buy lots of stocker cattle say that it is a lot harder to keep these calves alive when weaning them than it used to be—particularly when buying these unweaned calves, ...

If you run a stocker or backgrounding operation, you already know how important cattle gain is to the profitability and ...

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Demand reported as good to very good in most locations this week, especially in mid to later week sales after higher trends in the ...

(200-300) $210-$300; (300-400) $242-$310; (400-500) $229-$310; (500-600) $225-$320; (600-700) $213-$285; (700-800) $189-$210. Slaughter cows: $85-$120. Slaughter bulls: $109-$151. Stocker cows: ...

Despite the United States’ long and storied past with cattle ranching, long-term research on health, nutrition and management is rarely wrangled, hamstrung by budget constraints and the segmented ...

FAIRFIELD, Idaho — Christie and Wyatt Prescott live near Fairfield, Idaho, with their young children, Augustus, Agnes and Virgil. They began their ranch operation by backgrounding stocker cattle on ...

A special issue of Applied Animal Science gathers long-term cattle research studies on health, nutrition and management effects on feedlot performance. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Despite the United States’ ...

Steers: 200-300 lbs., $235-$295; 300-400 lbs., $205-$275; 400-500 lbs., $184-$255; 500-600 lbs., $174-$210; 600-700 lbs., $160-$187; 700-800 lbs., $158-$170. Heifers ...

Steers: 200-300 lbs., $185-$220; 300-400 lbs., $172-$215; 400-500 lbs., $155-$195; 500-600 lbs., $134-$160; 600-700 lbs., $121-$141; 700-800 lbs., $122-$131. Heifers ...