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Market Wrap-Up: Monday, Sept. 14
The cattle market opened higher to begin the week.
Sep 14, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
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Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Friday, Sept. 11
The cattle market rallied to close higher heading into the weekend with cash trade…
Sep 11, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Markets
Cattle markets steady onward after holiday
The cattle market traded steady to higher following the Labor Day holiday weekend.
Sep 11, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
Groups seek to revive Utah monument lawsuits
Environmental groups and Tribes are asking a federal court to revive lawsuits over the…
Sep 11, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
Court blocks BLM removal of American Prairie bison
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Bureau of Land Management from requiring American…
Sep 11, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Beef
Trump executive orders address packers, MCOOL and wolves
Shortly after formalizing plans to increase foreign beef imports by 300,000 metric tons, President…
Sep 11, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
USDA offers funding for rural power
USDA Rural Development is making $410 million available through the new Powering Affordable Reliable…
Sep 11, 2026 · By WLJ
Environment
NRCS seeks input on CPS standards
The Natural Resources Conservation Service is seeking public comment on proposed revisions to 48…
Sep 11, 2026 · By WLJ
Environment
CO leaders call for pause on BLM horse roundups
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and Rep. Joe Neguse submitted a letter in early September…
Sep 11, 2026 · By WLJ
News
North Dakota processor seeks buyer
M&W Beef Packers, a federally inspected meat processor in Mandan, ND, is for sale…
Sep 11, 2026 · By WLJ
News
National Beef KS workers ratify contract
Employees at National Beef’s Dodge City, KS, beef plant approved a new collective bargaining…
Sep 11, 2026 · By WLJ
Community
OSU announces vet hospital, agronomy sites
Oklahoma State University has selected sites in Stillwater, OK, for a new veterinary teaching…
Sep 11, 2026 · By WLJ
Environment
EPA seeks input on WOTUS final rule
The Environmental Protection Agency and Department of the Army are seeking additional input on…
Sep 11, 2026 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
Halter, BLM partner on virtual fencing
Halter has partnered with the Bureau of Land Management and the Foundation for America’s…
Sep 11, 2026 · By WLJ
News
Canada, US ramp up tariff battle
Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on American products went into effect on Sept. 8, prompting President…
Sep 11, 2026 · By WLJ
Environment
CPW removes wolves after depredations
Colorado Parks and Wildlife completed two lethal wolf removals Sept. 7 following livestock depredations…
Sep 11, 2026 · By WLJ
Beef
Legislation would halt Trump beef import plan
Lawmakers have introduced legislation to halt President Donald Trump’s latest beef import plan.
Sep 11, 2026 · By WLJ
Livestock
Montana Livestock Auction sold to McCoys
Barry and Dannielle McCoy, owners of Dillon Livestock Auction, have purchased Montana Livestock Auction…
Sep 11, 2026 · By WLJ
News
Jared’s Comments: Cat and mouse game
For the last several weeks, the cattle industry has found itself watching Washington with…
Sep 11, 2026 · By Jared Patterson
News
Dittmer’s Take: Undercurrents demand care and attention
Undercurrents circulating now could not only discourage any herd rebuilding but damage the very…
Sep 11, 2026 · By Steve Dittmer, WLJ columnist
Health/Nutrition
South Dakota confirms first anthrax case
South Dakota animal health officials have confirmed the state’s first anthrax case of 2026…
Sep 11, 2026 · By WLJ
News
Guest Opinion: Proposed WOTUS rule brings clarity and common sense
Now, thanks to years of advocacy and standing up for common sense, we have…
Sep 11, 2026 · By Zippy Duvall, AFBF president
News
Letter to the Editor: Fire management priorities
The summer of 2026 is recorded as the hottest on record in the West.…
Sep 11, 2026 · By WLJ
Beef
Beef imports and the Brazil roller coaster
Beef imports continue to be the subject of political attention that has resulted in…
Sep 11, 2026 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist
News
FSA updates lending rules, reduces borrower paperwork
USDA’s Farm Service Agency is changing how it makes and services farm loans, with…
Sep 11, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Headlines
Greens plan to sue over Sierra National Forest grazing
The Center for Biological Diversity in late August notified the U.S. Forest Service and…
Sep 11, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Daily Headlines
BLM set to gather horses, faces pushback on plans
The Bureau of Land Management was set to conduct several horse roundups in early…
Sep 11, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
Wolf pushes into new California territory
A wolf spotted in the Mendocino National Forest in late August has pushed the…
Sep 11, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Community
Wyoming Wool Initiative launches fifth annual Lamb-a-Year program
The Wyoming Wool Initiative, in partnership with the University of Wyoming College of Agriculture,…
Sep 11, 2026 · By UW Extension
Environment
WA looks to boost salvage logging as wildfires scorch record amount of state land
Summer wildfires burning through Washington just broke another record.
Sep 11, 2026 · By Aspen Ford, Washington State Standard
Beef
Beef export value remained strong in July
July exports of U.S. beef climbed 6% year over year in value while volume…
Sep 11, 2026 · By USMEF
Beef
Rollins: US needs to boost domestic food production
Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said Sept. 1 that a U.S. decision to lower…
Sep 11, 2026 · By Cami Koons, Iowa Capital Dispatch
Daily Headlines
Paintballs among new tools allowed for hazing CA wolves
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has approved new hazing options for ranchers…
Sep 11, 2026 · By Manola Secaira, Ag Alert staff writer, California Farm Bureau
Health/Nutrition
Capture more of your calves’ true value
The price at an auction market is the market’s estimate of what a calf…
Sep 11, 2026 · By Paul Beck, Oklahoma State University Extension beef cattle nutrition specialist
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Thursday, Sept. 10
Cattle futures closed higher after trading back and forth.
Sep 10, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
News
Weekly Drought Report: Sept. 3-9
Cooler, wetter weather eased drought conditions across parts of the West this week, while…
Sep 10, 2026 · By UNL Drought Monitor
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Wednesday, Sept. 9
Cattle futures closed mixed on short covering as traders sought fundamental support.
Sep 9, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Tuesday, Sept. 8
Cattle futures rallied to start the holiday-shortened trading week, closing triple digits higher.
Sep 8, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Friday, Sept. 4
The cattle markets closed lower heading into the Labor Day weekend.
Sep 4, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
Interior streamlines migratory bird hunting
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is finalizing a process to streamline the authorization…
Sep 4, 2026 · By WLJ
Beef
MCOOL coalition calls for beef labeling
The National MCOOL Coalition in early September launched a petition calling on the White…
Sep 4, 2026 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
FDA issues EUA for NWS prevention drug
The Food and Drug Administration on Aug. 27 issued an Emergency Use Authorization for…
Sep 4, 2026 · By WLJ
News
TSCRA investigation leads to arrest
A Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association investigation has led to the arrest of…
Sep 4, 2026 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
USDA outlines animal health plan for Mexican cattle imports
The U.S. reopened the border to Mexico live cattle imports Aug. 24 at the…
Sep 4, 2026 · By WLJ
Environment
Greens appeal Elk Ridge Complex decision
On Aug. 31, Western Watersheds Project filed a Notice of Appeal with the 10th…
Sep 4, 2026 · By WLJ
News
CPW monitoring four wolf packs
Colorado Parks and Wildlife is monitoring four reproducing gray wolf packs in northwest Colorado…
Sep 4, 2026 · By WLJ
Beef
DOJ expands beef price probe
The Department of Justice is expanding its investigation into beef affordability by adding eight…
Sep 4, 2026 · By WLJ
Beef
Tyson auctions equipment, disputes sales claim
Tyson Foods is auctioning equipment from its former Emporia, KS, beef plant while disputing…
Sep 4, 2026 · By WLJ
Beef
Cusack Meats in OK ends its 93-year run
After more than nine decades in business, Oklahoma-based Cusack Meats has ended its meat…
Sep 4, 2026 · By WLJ
Beef
CMC warns against inspection exemptions
The Canadian Meat Council is warning that proposed changes allowing some provincially inspected meat…
Sep 4, 2026 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
ND activates livestock drought assistance
North Dakota is making $2 million available to help livestock producers secure water as…
Sep 4, 2026 · By WLJ
Markets
Cattle futures find some footing on the board
The cattle market traded mostly higher over the week, regaining some of the previous…
Sep 4, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Beef
Global beef supplies tighten as trade shifts
Global beef markets are moving into the second half of 2026 with tighter production,…
Sep 4, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Beef
Physicians group sues USDA, HHS over Dietary Guidelines
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has sued USDA and the Department of Health…
Sep 4, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
News
Weaning calves during hot, dry weather
Many producers have considered starting to wean their calves early this year due to…
Sep 4, 2026 · By Paul Beck, Oklahoma State University Extension beef cattle nutrition specialist
Beef
Trump formalizes beef import plan
After teasing the prospect in a social media post, President Donald Trump has formalized…
Sep 4, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Health/Nutrition
USDA lifts restrictions on NM’s only screwworm zone
USDA officials announced Aug. 31 that New Mexico no longer needs to maintain a…
Sep 4, 2026 · By Patrick Lohmann, Source New Mexico
Community
Lee and Njos family to receive North Dakota Leopold Conservation Award
The John Lee and Ellen Njos family has been selected as the 2026 North…
Sep 4, 2026 · By Sand County Foundation
Environment
Judge halts data center construction on public land
A federal administrative court has temporarily revoked authorization to build a massive data center…
Sep 4, 2026 · By Jeniffer Solis
Health/Nutrition
Cattle research may provide answers to father’s role in pregnancy loss
When a pregnancy ends early and unexplained, the search for answers usually begins with…
Sep 4, 2026 · By Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
News
Farmer sentiment rises again in August as future expectations improve
Farmer sentiment improved for the second month in a row, with the Purdue University-CME…
Sep 4, 2026 · By CME Group, Purdue University
News
Compass Comments: High-stakes markets
When cattle prices scale historic peaks, a fundamental shift occurs on the ranch balance…
Sep 3, 2026 · By Compass Ag Solutions
News
Guest Opinion: Balancing growth and the future of farmland
For farmers and ranchers, land is more than a place to grow a crop…
Sep 3, 2026 · By Zippy Duvall, AFBF president
Health/Nutrition
MT governor temporarily relaxes some road rules
Montana has temporarily relaxed some rules for the amount of time truck drivers can…
Sep 3, 2026 · By Jordan Hansen, Daily Montanan
Environment
Washington ranchers appeal jury trial ruling
A Washington ranching couple is appealing a court ruling that dismissed their challenge to…
Sep 3, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Community
Common Ground Coalition concludes regional series in Fort Worth
The Common Ground Coalition continued its regional summit series in Fort Worth, TX, bringing…
Sep 3, 2026 · By Common Ground Coalition
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Thursday, Sept. 3
“After eight days of consolidating near its recent lows, CME cattle futures have taken…
Sep 3, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
News
Weekly Drought Report: Aug. 27-Sept. 2
Dry weather continued this week across much of the central U.S., especially from the…
Sep 3, 2026 · By UNL Drought Monitor
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Wednesday, Sept. 2
Cattle futures closed lower as traders looked to the cash market for direction and…
Sep 2, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Tuesday, Sept. 1
“CME cattle futures have not taken out last week’s lows but are trading very…
Sep 1, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Monday, Aug. 31
Cattle futures closed slightly higher to start the week after both futures and negotiated…
Aug 31, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Friday, Aug. 28
Cattle futures closed lower on a lack of support and traders ruminating on the…
Aug 28, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Health/Nutrition
USDA launches Harvest to Hallways initiative
USDA is launching an initiative to bring more locally produced food into schools while…
Aug 28, 2026 · By WLJ
News
Agri Star resumes production after fire
Agri Star Meat and Poultry resumed limited production during the week of Aug. 17…
Aug 28, 2026 · By WLJ
Livestock
RAAA to move headquarters to Oklahoma
The Red Angus Association of America is moving its headquarters from Commerce City, CO,…
Aug 28, 2026 · By WLJ
News
Group launches campaign against Bacon Act
Humane World Action Fund launched an advertising campaign in August urging Congress to reject…
Aug 28, 2026 · By WLJ
News
Missouri man sentenced in livestock theft
A Rolla, MO, man received a suspended 15-year prison sentence after entering an Alford…
Aug 28, 2026 · By WLJ
Beef
FSIS expands NWS drug residue monitoring
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is strengthening residue surveillance to detect veterinary drugs…
Aug 28, 2026 · By WLJ
Environment
MT scales back wolf harvest numbers
After a half-decade push to reduce Montana’s wolf population through increasingly permissive hunting and…
Aug 28, 2026 · By Nick Mott, Mountain Journal
Environment
NE rancher sues state after prescribed burn kills cattle
When a prescribed burn coordinated by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission escaped containment…
Aug 28, 2026 · By Todd Neeley, DTN environmental editor
Livestock
What to expect from Mexican cattle imports
There is lots of speculation on both sides of the border about what to…
Aug 28, 2026 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist
Livestock
Breaking down how producers use LRP to protect feeder cattle prices
Livestock Risk Protection has become a mainstream cattle risk-management tool as producers focus on…
Aug 28, 2026 · By Chris Clayton, DTN farm business editor
Environment
Manage cyanobacteria in water sources to lower risk of livestock poisoning
Drought conditions this summer have led to an increase in cyanobacterial blooms.
Aug 28, 2026 · By NDSU Extension
Beef
High prices haven’t slowed beef buyers
For decades, the U.S. beef industry fought an uphill battle to increase consumer demand.…
Aug 28, 2026 · By BIF
Livestock
What should bred heifers be worth?
Relative to calf prices during this stretch of time, good-quality bred heifers have been…
Aug 28, 2026 · By Mark Z. Johnson, Oklahoma State University Extension beef cattle breeding specialist
Markets
Headlines turn market lower over the week
The cattle market was influenced by headlines over the week, including the news that…
Aug 28, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Thursday, Aug. 27
Cattle futures closed higher as traders found room to modestly advance contracts despite no…
Aug 27, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
News
Weekly Drought Report: Aug. 20-26
Persistent heat and dry conditions fueled rapid drought expansion across the South, while water…
Aug 27, 2026 · By UNL Drought Monitor
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap: Wednesday, Aug. 26
Cattle futures closed mostly lower, pressured by weaker cash trade and boxed beef prices.
Aug 26, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
EPA issues emergency fuel waiver
The Environmental Protection Agency issued a temporary emergency fuel waiver on Aug. 20 in…
Aug 26, 2026 · By WLJ
Environment
Court allows stay in OK poultry litter case
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit granted Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner…
Aug 26, 2026 · By WLJ
Beef
Nigeria now open to more red meat products
Nigeria is now open to a wider range of U.S. beef and pork products.
Aug 26, 2026 · By WLJ
Livestock
Senators introduce bill to help rebuild cow herd
Sens. Mike Rounds and Amy Klobuchar on Aug. 19 introduced legislation intended to help…
Aug 26, 2026 · By WLJ
Environment
USFS, grazing association sign agreement
The U.S. Forest Service and Thunder Basin Grazing Association in mid-August signed a shared…
Aug 26, 2026 · By WLJ
News
US border reopens to Mexican cattle imports
The U.S. border reopened to Mexican cattle imports for the first time in more…
Aug 26, 2026 · By WLJ
News
US tariffs on Canada take effect, retaliatory duties expected
A week of U.S.-Canada trade negotiations ended without a deal on Aug. 21, sending…
Aug 26, 2026 · By Jake Zajkowski, DTN ag policy editor
Environment
Greens win partial victory over AZ grazing suit
A federal judge has ruled that federal agencies failed to establish adequate standards for…
Aug 26, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
New Colorado River rules require Lower Basin cutbacks
The federal government has finalized new Colorado River operating rules that will require Arizona,…
Aug 26, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Beef
Trump beef import plan draws opposition
A plan to increase ground beef imports in an effort to decrease beef prices…
Aug 26, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo