Chris Hurt

Beef herd expanding quickly, but will it continue?

August 4, 2015

The nation's beef cow herd has started down the path of the largest expansion in 25 years. The last major expansion was from 1990 to 1995 when the herd grew by 10 percent.

Rebuilding U.S. animal industries away from the grain era

December 24, 2014

Chris Hurt

Everyone is familiar with the phrase, “What goes up must come down.” Grain prices seem to be following this old axiom, with substantial questions remaining of “how far down?” For U.S. animal product consumption, the phrase could be reversed: “What goes down must come up.”

Cattle prices continue to rise

October 22, 2013

Chris Hurt

Cash cattle prices have moved higher this fall, supported by small cattle supplies, a generally favorable demand base, and low feed prices that have sent feeder cattle futures prices to record highs. The outlook suggests even higher prices in coming months.

Cattle prices move past seasonal highs

April 26, 2011

Chris Hurt

Cattle prices have had a remarkable run to the upside, with finished steers reaching the low $120s per hundredweight in early April. Now there are signs that those lofty prices will not be maintained into the spring and summer. It is the strength of demand that has been the driver of higher cattle prices, not supply.

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Beef herd expanding quickly, but will it continue?

Rebuilding U.S. animal industries away from the grain era

Cattle prices continue to rise

Cattle prices move past seasonal highs

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