Date: Apr 06 2025
CAB Connection & Cattle Markets & News ReleaseAmid anticipated shifts in cattle supply and evolving market dynamics, CAB remains well-positioned to navigate the beef sales road ahead. Clint Walenciak addressed how producer profitability, strategic specification adjustments, and resilient demand will help stabilize the brand’s beef supply chain through herd size and pricing shifts in 2025 and beyond.
Date: Feb 26 2025
About the brand & At the Table & CAB Connection & Cattle Markets & News Release & Premium PotentialEven as the nation’s cow herd contracts, “more pounds” and “higher quality” have been common themes. Specific to commercial cattlemen: It still pays to focus on carcass merit, in addition to other economically relevant traits.
Date: Nov 08 2023
Cattle Markets & Cow Herd & News Release & Premium PotentialAs drought conditions persist across much of cattle country, farmers and ranchers are at a pivotal juncture in the cattle industry’s landscape. What impact does this prolonged dry spell have on the nation’s herd numbers? When will heifer retention begin? How will industry dynamics influence the spring bull sale season?
Date: Sep 18 2023
Cattle Markets & Consumer Connection & Feeding Quality Forum & News ReleaseThe beef demand success story of the past is also the industry’s roadmap for the future, said speakers at this year’s Feeding Quality Forum. The program covered everything from current market conditions and technology to price forecasts and advancements on the horizon.
Date: Aug 01 2023
Big Thinkers & Cattle Markets & Feeding Quality ForumAs the clock ticked past 2:00 a.m., handshakes finally signaled a deal. History was made that Thanksgiving morning in 1997 when a group of producers bought a material interest in what was then Farmland National Beef Packing Company.
Date: Feb 08 2023
About the brand & Cattle Markets & Consumer Connection & Consumer Feature & Premium PotentialIf there was a lesson in 2022, it was that the beef market is very sensitive to declines in quality grade, as evidenced through price signals. It’s the first time in recent history where we’ve gone backwards — albeit ever so slightly — and customers are telling us they have unfulfilled demand. That’s reflected in the premiums paid, and that’s saying something after two years of extremely high premiums.
Date: Aug 10 2022
Big Thinkers & Cattle MarketsPart intuition, part learned experience and a growing database gave Randy Blach the tools to communicate to producers what the market demands. The bottom line is consistently front and center, his mission is to keep more cattlemen and women on the land, doing what they do best.
Date: Feb 16 2022
CAB Insider & Cattle Markets & Grid Marketing & Premium PotentialPrime cutout values and grid premiums have been rich in the third and fourth quarters of the past two years. Yet the spillover into the first quarter this year shows that the market is reacting to the recently smaller availability, retreating back to the 2019 supply pace.
Date: Feb 08 2022
Cattle Markets & News ReleaseStarting in March 2020, disarray set in motion a chain of events leading to the fed cattle backlog from plant closures slowing the supply chain throughout 2021. While the market likes to avoid the unkown, the last two years put the beef business in uncharted territory.
Date: Dec 08 2021
CAB Insider & Cattle Markets & Premium PotentialDecember has started off on a high note in the fed cattle sector and all of us on the cattle side of the supply chain should be made well aware of what’s ahead in 2022.
