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The Cattle Business Weekly

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For cattlemen, by cattlemen is this podcast bringing you the latest in cattle industry headlines straight from the news desk of The Cattle Business Weekly in South Dakota. It"s a dose of what"s happening in markets, on the ranch and in Washington, D.C. It"s news about everything that impacts a cattle operation"s bottomline (aka profit). Listen to us in the feed truck, on the way to a cattle sale or on the porch with a beer! We promise you won"t go away without having learned something.

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4:52

McAreavey family named Farm Family of the Year for...

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/01/29

By Wendy Sweeter For Jeff and Gidget McAreavey of Crooks, South Dakota being deeply involved in agricultural and community activities is a way of life. The McAreavey family has been honored as the 2025 Farm Family of the Year by the Agribusiness Division of the Greater Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce. Jeff and Gidget live on the farm where Jeff grew up, located on the edge of Crooks, with their two teenage daughters, Ireland and Kendall. After graduating from Tri-Valley High School in 1...

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United States Cattle on Feed Down 1 Percent

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/01/27

Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.8 million head on January 1, 2025. The inventory was 1 percent below January 1, 2024. The inventory included 7.25 million steers and steer calves, up 1 percent from the previous year. This group accounted for 61 percent of the total inventory. Heifers and heifer calves accounted for 4.58 million head, down 3 percent from...

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I don't believe in 36% heifers on feed

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/01/22

By Matt Dabrowski The cattle industry's search for signs of herd rebuilding has focused on one key metric: the percentage of heifers in feedlots. The latest USDA quarterly data shows heifers make up 40% of feedlot inventory, well above the long-run average of 36%, driven by persistent drought and strong prices over the past three years. The heifers on feed benchmark represents a simple historical intuition: when ranchers start rebuilding herds, they hold back heifers from feedlots relative to...

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Powerful cattle focus of Circle S Cattle Company in...

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/01/22

By Connie Sieh Groop Focusing on functional cattle, the Schoenfelds of Dawson, Minnesota, breed Simmental cows with power, mass, and muscle. They prioritize above-average Expected Progeny Differences (EPDs) to ensure growth and performance. “We achieve growth and performance by combining phenotype and genotype to produce predictable cattle,” said Mark Schoenfeld. Circle S Cattle Company features 50 to 60 registered Simmental cows. Located in west-central Minnesota, Mark and Kami Schoenf...

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5:12

From Welding to Ranching: The Story of Fleck Ranch

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/01/15

By Kelly Brandlee, CBW Over 14 years ago, Aaron Fleck was a full-time welder at a Bobcat plant in Bismarck, North Dakota. His wife, Andrea, had recently left her full-time job to stay home with their three young children. When the plant suddenly shut down, the couple found themselves at a crossroads, contemplating their next steps. In the aftermath of the closure, Aaron turned to his side business—custom fencing, landscaping, and snow removal. With a small herd of cattle already in the...

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4:15

News out of USDA

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/01/15

From CBW News Desk Reopening to Mexico? Media outlets have widely reported that the USDA’s Animal Plant Health and Inspection Service (APHIS) will resume live cattle imports from Mexico into the United States the week of Jan. 20. Wanting to confirm this date, the Cattle Business Weekly contacted APHIS and received this written response: “The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has not established a date to resume cattle imports from Mexico. The United States continues to w...

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A New Year's Resolution for Bull Buyers: Know your herd

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/01/08

By Matt Spangler, Professor and Beef Genetics Extension Specialist Spring bull buying season is near. The question that all potential bull (and semen) buyers need to ask is, “What do I need?” The operative word is need, not to be confused with want. To objectively answer the question, producers need to know how their herd currently performs. This includes, but is not limited to: • Current rates of dystocia • Current pregnancy rates • Current age distribution of the cow herd&...

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Belle Fourche Livestock Market Sells To Travis Linch

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/01/08

From KBHB Radio One of the largest livestock auction markets in the region didn’t have a for sale sign in the window. But that didn’t stop Travis Linch from asking Baxter Anders of Belle Fourche Livestock Market if it could be. The two struck a deal and are announcing the sale, according to Anders . “I think everybody knows Travis through his trucking business,” observes Anders. “I’ve known him for a long time and have done a lot of business with him. He is a hard worker and ambitious. I thin...

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Weather Expert Predicts Dry Growing Season for South...

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/01/08

By Lura Roti In Farm and Ranch Country, weather gets a lot of attention. And Eric Snodgrass stands out among the climate experts farmers and ranchers follow, explained Miller rancher Andrew Canham. “Eric explains the weather in a way that I can understand,” Canham said. Tabor farmer, Eileen Sestak agreed. “Eric taught us about the different facets of the weather – what impacts the weather – things you don’t hear about on the 6 o’clock news.” Eileen and her husband, Terry say they are acutely ...

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5:12

Greater Omaha Packing offering premiums for...

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/01/08

By Troy Smith Whether you’re selling widgets or a service, you can gain a marketing advantage by differentiating yourself from the competition. That’s the very reason why a good many of Greater Omaha Packing’s customers buy beef from the company’s Hereford product lines. “Several of our larger customers - both retailers and restaurants - buy our Hereford brands. For them, it’s a point of differentiation,” explains Dustin Schaaf, head cattle buyer for Greater Omaha Packing. “Customers like tha...

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119th National Western Stock Show

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/01/08

The 119th National Western Stock Show runs from January 11th through January 26th. Dating back to 1906, the “Mile High City” has been the home to one of the greatest stock shows in the world. Nearly 700,000 people take in the rodeos, horse shows, and trade show, while others like myself enjoy the cattle shows and sales both in the “Yards” and on the “Hill”. The National Western is a place where folks from around North America and beyond gather to see some of the finest cattle on d...

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3:28

Slow Grind to Herd Rebuild

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2024/12/31

By Codi Vallery-Mills Rebuilding the U.S. cattle herd looks more like a marathon than a sprint. At least that is what cattle producers who sat in the CattleFax session at the recent South Dakota Cattlemen’s Association Convention surmised from comments by Holden Ramey. Ramey, who is with the market analyst firm, told cattlemen and women in the group that the U.S. beef cattle cycle is drawn out and the rebuild looks slow. “It is going to be in the late 2020s before we see these herd numb...

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2:41

Three Rivers Cattlemen's Association Awarded as Prime...

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2024/12/31

Every year at the Minnesota Cattle Industry Convention, the Minnesota Beef Council announces the winner of the Prime Promoter award. This year’s convention was held December 6th - 7th at River’s Edge Convention Center in St. Cloud, Minnesota. The Prime Promoter Award was started in 2017 by the Minnesota Beef Council and the Beef Checkoff Program and is given to recognize any group or organization who performs outstanding promotion of beef throughout the year. Winners of the Prime Promot...

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Ag News Roundup

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2024/12/31

While everyone was busy celebrating the Christmas holiday, here’s what was happening in the news. From CBW News Desk Farm Bill Extended for Another Year Congress passed the year-end spending package and with it a one-year extension of the 2018 Farm Bill. The bill includes billion in economic relief for farmers affected by rising input costs and falling crop prices in 2024. The economic relief package is said to be critical for corn farmers, who face a significant gap between crop revenues an...

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Slow Grind to Herd Rebuild

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2024/12/31

By Codi Vallery-Mills Rebuilding the U.S. cattle herd looks more like a marathon than a sprint. At least that is what cattle producers who sat in the CattleFax session at the recent South Dakota Cattlemen’s Association Convention surmised from comments by Holden Ramey. Ramey, who is with the market analyst firm, told cattlemen and women in the group that the U.S. beef cattle cycle is drawn out and the rebuild looks slow. “It is going to be in the late 2020s before we see these herd numbers go...

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A Year to Remember!

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2024/12/31

There is no doubt that 2024 is a year to remember if you are in the cattle business. We have experienced prices like never before. Prices that make it fun and profitable! The weigh-up market has been on fire for the last twelve months. It is fun to sit around the sale barn and listen to the auctioneer “crack one off” for near a pound then hear “some Ol’ timer” say “Oh ya, we sold a lot of them pound cows for 32 cents!” This weigh-up market is sure better. You don’t ...

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A Cowboy Country Christmas

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2024/12/26

This issue of The Cattle Business Weekly publishes on Christmas Day. From all of us at The Cattle Business Weekly we hope you have a happy and blessed holiday season. I came across this poem written by Paul Kern in 2009. With conflicts occurring around the world, we can only pray that they soon come to an end and no more lives are lost. We can also pray that our borders are closed and our beloved United States becomes a safer place to live. A Cowboy Count...

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3:43

A Country Christmas in the City

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2024/12/26

By Amy Blum, CBW Falls Park in Sioux Falls, S.D. lights up with a spectacular Winter Wonderland display each Christmas season, and thanks to the Stockyards Ag Experience team, this year’s display featured a special connection to agriculture. “We believe there is a place for everyone in agriculture,” says Abby Bischoff, Executive Director of Stockyards Ag Experience. “Our museum and plaza location at Falls Park gives our state’s largest industry an interesting opportunity to be shared with oth...

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SD Cattlemen's Announces Inaugural Leadership Academy...

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2024/12/26

The South Dakota Cattlemen’s Association (SDCA), in partnership with Farm Credit Services of America and the South Dakota Corn Utilization Council, announced the inaugural class of the SDCA Leadership Academy during the 76th Annual Convention and Trade Show. “The Leadership Academy will foster industry knowledge, enhance leadership, improve communication skills, and promote mentorship among emerging leaders. The program will drive sustainable growth and positively impact the beef produc...

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Guess your own Cattle On Feed report: December 2024

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2024/12/18

By Matt Dabrowski It’s time to guess your own Cattle On Feed report. Producers are enjoying a hot market in advance of the next report, to be released Friday, December 20. The first week of November was tough on cattle futures, with the election driving volatility across financial markets. For the rest of the month, though, the trend was upward. Feeder cattle led the way as late fall precipitation energized cash auction markets, pushing futures up 5.7%. Live cattle followed with a 2.3% gain. ...

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