LivestockUS feedlot placements fall to lowest September total on record
USDA counted 11.372 million cattle on feed on 1 October and 1.777 million placements in September, well below trade estimates, with little sign yet of herd rebuilding.
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LivestockLivestockWest Texas A&M wins $9.75 million USDA grant for a research feedlot
The grant, the largest federal award in the university's history, helps fund a $19.5 million Center for Beef Cattle Research and Innovation with 90 research pens and 45 commercial-scale pens in the Texas Panhandle.
LivestockHow feedyards can limit mud after heavy rain and protect cattle gains
Mud cuts feed intake and daily gain and raises the feed needed per pound, extension specialists say; pen drainage and well-kept dirt mounds are the main defences.
LivestockAustralian feedlots face tight cottonseed and long hay hauls before a dry summer
Southern hay growers have good supplies but freight costs are rising, cottonseed is short and dear, and some Darling Downs grain growers are turning dry crops into silage for feedlots.
LivestockTeys to put Sea Forest's methane-cutting SeaFeed into 480,000 feedlot cattle
Teys Australia becomes exclusive distributor of Sea Forest's SeaFeed additives for beef in Australia and New Zealand, aiming for at least 480,000 more feedlot cattle on the methane-reducing supplement by June 2027.
LivestockNegotiated grid sales earn fed cattle sellers $2 to $3 more than formula deals
Tighter slaughter supplies are giving feedyards more leverage, and cattle sold on negotiated grids have lately fetched $2 to $3 per hundredweight more than formula sales, The Cattle Report says.
LivestockNew MLA guide shows cattle producers how to prepare animals for the feedlot
Written by feedlot vet Dr Kev Sullivan, the guide brings together research on reducing stress and disease in newly arrived cattle, from weaning and yard education to time off feed in transport.
LivestockAustralian beef should go premium, not fight Brazil on price, BeefEx panel says
Industry leaders at BeefEx said more grainfed beef and growing feedlot capacity are Australia's answer to cheap South American beef, with Southeast Asia and the Middle East the markets to win.
LivestockVaccinating cattle before feedlot entry halves respiratory deaths, BeefEx told
JBS now pre-vaccinates all Angus cattle entering its five yards, and MLA says bovine respiratory disease deaths are down 50% even as cattle on feed rose by half.
LivestockEgg industry chief tells Australian feedlots how to win public trust on covered sheds
Australian Eggs' Rowan McMonnies told BeefEx that eggs lifted community trust from 56% to about 68-69% by listening, not fighting, and urged lotfeeders to do the same before investing in covered housing.
LivestockRecord-heavy US cattle can no longer hide record-low feedlot placements
Feedlots have kept inventories steady by feeding cattle longer, pushing August slaughter weights to 1,438 pounds, but record-low placements and dearer feed mean that buffer is running out, Pro Farmer reports.
LivestockA 200,000-head Nebraska feedyard runs its feedmill with one worker
Blackshirt Feeders' greenfield yard, presented at BeefEx 2026, uses roller-compacted concrete pens and cost about US$1,250 per head of capacity to build.
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Australian feedlots warn Canberra that running out of fuel is a food-security risk
At BeefEx 2026, lotfeeders recalled fuel deliveries halting during the Strait of Hormuz closure and urged peacetime plans for access to fuel and inputs.