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Effective immediately, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agriculture and Plant Health Inspection Service is implementing updated import and health certification requirements for live sheep and goats imported from Canada for restricted feeding for slaughter.

As the beef sector focused on a congressional hearing Tuesday, one group urged the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice to investigate vertical integration in feedlots. R-CALF this week announced formal comments submitted to the federal government on the issue ...

There were a lot of cattle in feedlots the New Year started. USDA reporting that on January 1st inventory was 12 million head, that will be up 1% from January 2021. "...and would be the second highest inventory number for the month since the survey began in 1996," noted USDA livestock analyst, Shayle Shagam ...

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association this week released a comprehensive industry feedyard audit tool. The organization said the Cattle Industry Feedyard Audit will serve as a standardized audit tool based on the science and common sense established in the Beef Quality Assurance, or BQA program. Thou ...

The USDA's most recent Cattle of Feed report doesn't really have a big surprise from a market impact, according to USDA Livestock Analyst Shayle Shagum.  October 1st feedlot inventory 11.3 million head, 1% lower than one year ago.  This came after September placements of just under 2.1 million...

What's the latest when it comes to the U.S. Beef Herd?  USDA Livestock Analyst, Shayle Shagum took a look at the recent cattle inventory and monthly catalog feed report.  He said the total number of animals in feed stocks, July first 13.6 million...

If you’re a young cattle producer, or haven’t been in the industry very long, you may have a lot of questions when it comes to feedlots, and how to get your cattle ready for sale.  Rod Bain takes a look at some of the most common questions.       ...

The inventory for cattle and calves in feedlots on May 1 was 11.6 million head, making it the second-highest inventory number for May.   "We are actually looking at an increasing in inventory of cattle, so there was a bigger pool of calves who were born last year, which are available for placement this year," said USDA Livestock Analyst Shayle Shagam.  "You al...

The USDA is reporting the second-highest April 1st cattle feedlot inventory ever, at 11.7 million head, which is up 7% from a year ago.  In that inventory are more heifers, 4.6 million to be specific, that's up 14% year-over-year.  USDA Livestock Analyst Shayle Shaggem said heifers are 35.7% of the...

The Cattle on Feed report that USDA released on Friday showed a one percent drop in placements this February when compared to 2016.   Livestock Analyst Shayle Shagam said it’s a little surprising because margins have been good and there are a lot of cattle, but last year a lot of those placements could be attributed to wheat coming early.   “...