BEEF Cow-Calf Weekly

While slow to catch on, temperament scoring can be a helpful management tool.

The more accurately you know genetic potential, and the sooner, the more opportunity there is to build on the top and cleave from the bottom.

How would a meat tax affect the cattle business? Beef prices could rise by nearly 7% and in turn, consumption would decline.  

Ed Czerwien, market analyst based in Amarillo, Texas, offers a concise summary of how last week's beef trade impacted the cattle market and beef prices.

In contrast to conventional wisdom, the overall price change for fed cattle from week to week (price volatility) has faded during the past several years despite working with only about 25% cash trade.  

The mama cow is a busy lady with raising a calf, maintaining her own body condition, and getting reproductively in-shape for re-breeding. Here’s how you can help her balance it all.