Key highlights include net sales of $5.7 million, reflecting a 36.4% increase from the third quarter of 2023, and more than doubling gross profit year over year with a gross margin of 21.7%, as ...
Beef packers paid higher values for cattle to take advantage of big profit margins that were tied to rising wholesale beef prices. Cattle in Kansas fetched $128/cwt, up $3 from a week ago, feedlot ...
Easing costs and a surging beef price has turned profit fortunes around for marginal calves this year, helping to cut calf slaughter figures by 17% from its 2021 peak. Defra’s calf slaughter ...
Packers were successful in filling their needs at steady money as wholesale beef prices moved lower. Cash cattle fundamentals deteriorated a bit this week as this week’s cash cattle trade was ...