Recent political statements caused cattle prices to plummet despite unchanged market fundamentals, potentially delaying herd ...

We visited the Billing Livestock Commission to try to understand what a $4/pound cow looks like as beef prices in the U.S.

Live cattle futures are up $1.22 to 1.40 so far on Friday. A few cash sales in the north have been reported at $215-220 this ...

The live cattle markets — which represent delivery of full-grown, ready-for-slaughter cattle — have been under a little bit ...

JAMESTOWN, N.D. — In a normal summer, the Jamestown livestock auction goes through a slow season, running once every two weeks. That is not the case this year. Now selling every Tuesday, their numbers ...

Many interesting things happen at a livestock auction. One buyer was telling me that another buyer had bought a set of feeder heifers that were not guaranteed open. When he had the veterinarian preg ...

Each year, the corporation donates beef from The Big E’s 4-H beef sale to local non-profit food pantries, including The ...

Auctions typically follow a competitive bidding process, in which potential buyers bid against each other until the highest offer is accepted. Within pens or encircling rings, animals take center ...

Cattle made their way around the show ring at the Kist Livestock Auction in Mandan on Nov. 5, 2025. (Photo by Michael ...