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Slaughter meat goat prices were mixed again this week. San Angelo kids less than 60 pounds sold steady with heavier weights weak to $5 lower. Fredericksburg kids $2-5 higher. At New Holland, Pennsylvania, all classes of slaughter goats traded mostly $10-20 lower.

Cattle feeders upped their ask again this week though the two sides had yet to come to terms mid-week.

Lamb prices at San Angelo were mixed as compared to last week’s market, and that trend was prevalent at other auctions. Feeder lambs were steady to lower, slaughter lambs mostly lower. New Holland, Pennsylvania, did not have a sheep report due to Monday’s holiday.

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Those attending the recent U.S. Meat Export Federation strategic planning conference received an informative breakdown on trade from Wendy Cutler, vice president of the Asia Society Policy Institute.

Cow town is one of the favorite go-to spots for the Texas Cattle Feeders Association annual convention. This year was no different with some 450 in attendance.

Erin Luchsinger Hull is a straight speaking go-getter and something of a jack of all trades.

One of the things that keeps Cargill’s Dr. Glen Dolezal Jr., up at night is the availability of labor or the lack thereof.

Individual animal identification and traceability took another step back recently when USDA abruptly announced that it had suspended its plan to phase-in the use of RFID tags for cattle and bison. Originally USDA-APHIS intended to stop the use of metal tags and switch completely to RFID tags by January 2023.