On Friday, USDA released its biannual U.S. cattle inventory report showing U.S. cattle totals as of Jan. 1. The report provides inventory data for the nation’s cattle herd, including estimates of the ...

The year kicked off with a cattle inventory estimated to be down 2%, thanks to a 2021 calf crop down 2.3% from the previous year, due largely to the pressures brought on by drought and high input ...

Economists expect the nation’s cattle herd to either stay steady or continue shrinking into 2025 as producers show caution about restocking amid high production costs and drought potential. Steer ...

Drought conditions are diminishing, hay stocks on Dec. 1 were 7% above a year earlier and feeder cattle prices are at record levels. But it hasn’t been enough to retain replacement heifers to grow the ...

WILL SOON FADE OUT, WE HAD DOWNSIZED FROM ABOUT 600 MAMA COWS. I’VE HAD OVER 200 300 HEAD OF SO RIGHT NOW, HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR HOME? SIX. THAT’S THE LOWEST I’VE BEEN FOR FOR MANY, MANY, MANY ...