steers

USDA says red meat production fell year over year in November as cattle and hog slaughter both declined.  Commercial meat output totaled 4.56 billion pounds in November, down 3% from November 2023.  Beef production dropped three percent on an annual basis to 2.22 billion pou...

Despite the cattle inventory plummeting to the lowest level in 73 years, the number of cattle on feed remains surprisingly strong.  Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the U.S. for feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.6 million...

In today's Future of Farming, Oregon Vice President  Spencer Romans talks about how he eventually came to enjoy breaking steers.   If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail glenn.vaagen@townsquaremedia.com ...

USDA recently reduced its forecast for beef production in 2018 by 30 million pounds.  The new forecast is 26.9 billion pounds.  The slight revision is based on numbers at the end of the third quarter, and from fourth-quarter expectations of slightly fewer steers and heifers to be slaughtered and fewer bulls in the slaughter mix.  Despite the lower...

Forecasted prices for beef in 2018 has dropped significantly according to reports by the USDA.   Outlook Board Chair Seth Meyer called it a intertemporaral shift.   “Moving a little cattle of the end of 2017 and moving them into 2018 on a slower pace of marketing.”   Meyer...