as traders were lightning up ahead of the monthly Cattle on Feed report. Friday’s Preliminary open interest was up 5,406 contracts, with 3,361 contracts exiting April. Cash trade was on the move ...

Live cattle futures posted some slight gains ahead of Friday afternoon’s Cattle on Feed report, up 15 to 35 cents at the close. Feb closed the week up just 7 cents. Cash trade was slow last ...

"We stopped buying feeder cattle altogether," said Vaags, whose family's feedlot has room for 3,000 cattle and is usually full from November until the summer. After years of drought raised feed ...