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The Cattle Business Weekly

The Cattle Business Weekly newspaper

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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8:35

Jenson Ranch Family stays busy with expanding herd

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/07/16

By Lura Roti, South Dakota Farmers Union Ralph, S.D., had a general store, a post office, a Lutheran church, a cemetery and a school when Louise Jenson and her husband, Gene, were newly married and moved onto the ranch within eyesight of the Harding County village. Sixty-three years later, Louise maintains the grounds around the now, mostly vacant buildings and cemetery. Thankfully, even though Ralph is no more, the Jenson Ranch family is thriving. In addition to grounds maintenance, Louise s...

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6:46

Cattle Producers Recognized for Stewardship Efforts...

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/07/16

Cattle producers from across the country were recognized during the industry’s Summer Business Meeting in San Diego through the 2025 Environmental Stewardship Award Program (ESAP). Regional award recipients were honored for their commitment to conservation and stewardship. The national winner will be announced during CattleCon 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee, in February. “It is an honor to recognize these cattle producers for their commitment to conservation,” said NCBA President Buck Wehrbein....

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4:59

Preparing for Wildfire: Ranchers Share Lessons Learned

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/07/16

After a close call with wildfire, cattle ranchers reflect on what they’ve learned. By Paige Nelson With oil fields to their west and cedar, ash, and cottonwood trees to their south and east, Pete and Vawnita Best of Watford City, N.D. know there will be more wildfires burning their way in the future. The October 2024 Elkhorn fire came close enough to leave its mark on the ranch’s trees and fences, but spared the houses and the livestock. Although Bests didn’t have to evacuate thei...

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1:22

Honored to be recognized by the SD Stockgrowers

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/07/16

The Cattle Business Weekly is honored to be this year’s South Dakota Stockgrowers Association’s Industry Award recipient. We were awarded this week during the Stockgrowers' annual convention held in Rapid City, S.D. A big thank you goes out to Doris Lauing, Executive Director, along with her staff and Chuck Willard, Stockgrowers' President, and the entire board of directors. It is humbling to be honored among your peers in the cattle business. From the day this newspaper began publishing, we ...

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3:01

Southern Border Ports Close Again, Screwworm Marches...

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/07/10

On July 9 Mexico’s National Service of Agro-Alimentary Health, Safety, and Quality (SENASICA) reported a new case of New World Screwworm (NWS) in Ixhuatlan de Madero, Veracruz in Mexico, which is approximately 160 miles northward of the current sterile fly dispersal grid, on the eastern side of the country and 370 miles south of the U.S./Mexico border. This new northward detection comes approximately two months after northern detections were reported in Oaxaca and Veracruz, less than 700 mile...

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5:34

Kimball Livestock, Bassett - Beaver County Rewrite...

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/07/09

Tuesday, July 8 marked a historic day in the cattle markets, with record-setting weighted average prices across the board for heavy feeders. All-time highs were reached for 8-, 9-, and 10-weight steers, posting staggering averages that once seemed out of reach: • 8-weights: 0.84 • 9-weights: 2.44 •10-weights: 6.30 These unprecedented averages are now the highest ever recorded nationally, underscoring just how strong the feeder market has become. Kimball Livestock Exchange (Kimball, S.D.) deli...

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2:34

Red Angus Feeder Calf Program Rebrands as Angus Access

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/07/09

DENVER—The Red Angus Association of America has officially rebranded its Feeder Calf Certification Program as Angus Access. More than just a fresh look, Angus Access reflects a bold evolution of the beef industry's first genetic, age and source verification program – built to USDA-approved standards and trusted by Red Angus producers for more than 30 years. Red Angus cattle undeniably produce high-quality Angus beef, which remains one of the most sought-after beef products among consumers. Th...

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4:14

Milnor, N.D. Cattle Operation Expanding

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/07/09

With grant help from the North Dakota Diversification and Development Fund By Connie Sieh Groop Planning for the future is essential, especially in a generational cattle operation. For Brent and Anissa Gregor and their family at Milnor, N.D., they pursued funds offered through the state of North Dakota to offer more options for finishing cattle. In May, GMG Ranch LLP was awarded 0,000 to support finishing cattle in a premier livestock facility through the North Dakota Diversification an...

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4:10

What's in the Big Beautiful Bill for Cattle Producers?

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/07/09

From News Reports On July 4 President Donald J Trump signed the budget reconciliation bill into law. Referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill by the Trump Administration, it is said to hold the largest tax cuts in history. It is also said to provide better security for farms and ranchers. “It provides immediate tax relief to farmers, ranchers, and rural Americans by increasing the small business expensing threshold and permanently extending the Small Business Deduction,” says USDA Secr...

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3:26

A Year-Long Battle: Maude couple recounts their case...

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/06/30

By Codi Vallery-Mills In the rolling grasslands just southeast of Rapid City, Charles and Heather Maude have stewarded their family ranch for five generations—farming and grazing in concert with the rhythms of nature for over a century. But what began as a century‑old fence marking their property line quietly spiraled into a high‑stakes federal prosecution that echoed far beyond their pastures. The couple was at the recent R-CALF Convention in Deadwood, S.D. to talk about the past year in det...

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4:19

Beef Industry Shows Up for Another Prime Time Gala

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/06/25

6,621 was raised for Feeding South Dakota On Saturday night, June 21 during the 12th Annual Prime Time Gala, the South Dakota Cattlemen’s Foundation presented a donation to Feeding South Dakota, on-stage at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center, in the amount of 6,621. This makes the overall donation to Feeding South Dakota ,026,665 in the last 12 years. Funds raised from the last 11 Prime Time Gala events have helped to purchase 1,663,390 pounds of beef for those that need it the most acros...

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1:44

Shafer Presented BIF Pioneer Award

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/06/25

The Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) presented Wade Shafer, Ph.D., of Bozeman, Mont., the BIF Pioneer Award June 12 during the group’s annual research symposium in Amarillo, Texas. The Pioneer Award recognizes individuals who have made lasting contributions to the improvement of beef cattle and honors those who have had a major role in acceptance of performance reporting and documentation as the primary means to make genetic change in beef cattle. Shafer joined the American Simmental Associa...

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4:47

South Dakota Governor's Ag Summit held in Deadwood

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/06/25

By Codi Vallery-Mills Farmers, ranchers, and ag industry affiliates were in the crowd at the recent South Dakota Governor’s Agricultural Summit held June 17-18 in Deadwood, S.D. South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden addressed the crowd and highlighted his Open for Opportunity tour of the state’s industries the last several months. “There are businesses in this state that I didn’t even know about. Our state’s opportunities are as wide as our sweeping prairies,” Rhoden noted. He report...

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3:18

A little reckless

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/06/24

By Codi Vallery-Mills It felt like slow motion – the red 4-wheeler body coming at me and slamming into my side – but I know it happened in seconds versus minutes. The moment my 4-wheeler rolled over me while I was out checking cattle last summer is time-stamped in my brain. The accident also left a time stamp on my body. I have a slow-fading scar down my leg, remnants of a hardened hematoma on the inside of my knee, and a shoulder that hurts when I sit too long. I was almost a ranch-accident ...

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5:20

River Creek Farms and Price Ranch recognized by BIF

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/06/18

The Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) recognized River Creek Farms, Manhattan, Kansas, as the 2025 BIF Seedstock Producer of the Year on June 12 during the group’s annual research symposium in Amarillo, Texas. This national award recognizes a producer’s dedication to improving the beef industry at the seedstock level. BIF also presented the Price Ranch the Commercial Producer of the Year Award. This national award recognizes a producer’s dedication to improving the beef industry at the commer...

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2:27

Asian Longhorned Tick Finds Its Way to Iowa

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/06/18

Cattle now sick with Theileria carried by the tick There has been a confirmed case of Theileria orientalis Ikeda in bovine in Van Buren County, located in southeast Iowa. Theileria is a protozoan parasite carried by the Asian Longhorned Tick (ALHT); the parasite infects red and white blood cells and causes bovine infectious anemia. According to USDA records, this is the first time Theileria and the ALHT have been confirmed in Iowa. There are no approved treatments for Theileria in the United ...

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1:26

12th Annual Prime Time Gala

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/06/17

Saturday, June 21st is the 12th Annual Prime Time Gala held at the Sioux Falls Convention Center and the Denny Sanford Premier Center. The activities begin on Saturday afternoon with a social, silent auction, banquet and live auction. 2,000 guests will enjoy the evening’s activities, conversation and camaraderie! The banquet features South Dakota’s own DemKota Beef from Aberdeen. At 8:00 pm Weston Frank will take the stage in the Denny Sanford Premier Center followed by Scotty McC...

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2:19

Guess your own Cattle On Feed report: June 2025

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/06/16

By Matt Dabrowski It’s time to guess your own Cattle On Feed report. The next report will be released Friday, June 20. Cattle futures were volatile in May. Live cattle futures were flat on the month and feeder cattle rose 2.1%, trailing the commodities index (up 2.0%) and stocks (up 6.2%). Auction markets remained in record territory. Late in the month USDA reported sales in South Dakota, feeder steers averaged 5/cwt, flat on the month. Flyweight steers averaged 9/cwt, also flat. At Ft. Pierr...

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5:05

An alternative to plastic net wrap hits the market

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/06/11

Net Wrap. It is both friend and foe to today’s cattleman. It keeps a tidy bale but it can cause serious issues in cattle if consumed. Two ranchers in Canada have developed Nature’s Net Wrap saying it can save farmers time, cut costs and avoid damage to the environment. “We don’t have to explain to farmers why we brought Nature’s Net Wrap to market. When they see it, they tell us they’ve been looking for this for many years,” says Larry Ruud, rancher in Western Canada and co-inventor wit...

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2:41

Farmer Sentiment Reaches a Four-Year High In May

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/06/11

By Michael Langemeier and James Mintert, Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture Farmer sentiment in May climbed to its highest level since May 2021 as the Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer index reached 158, 10 points higher than in April. Farmers were more optimistic about both current conditions and their expectations for the future as the Current Conditions Index improved by 5 points to 146 and the Future Expectations Index jumped 12 points to 164. Key reasons behind the s...

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