CHICAGO-An online U.S. cattle auction that ranchers and traders hope will restore transparency to livestock pricing and reduce volatility in futures contracts is set to resume operations in September ...

Unruly trading of cattle futures is leading to a revival of live auctions, as ranchers look to bring robust pricing data to the market and guide understanding of supply and demand in their industry.

Sales no longer require traveling long hours to far-flung locations. BILLINGS -- For Montana cattle buyer Jeff Ferguson, finding cattle to suit his clients' tastes used to mean spending entire days at ...

Last week we got a big push up in cattle futures with many feeder contracts up as much as $7 to $8 per hundredweight. Fat cattle contracts were up mostly $3.50 to $4.40 cwt with this February leading ...

BILLINGS, Mont. – For Montana cattle buyer Jeff Ferguson, finding cattle to suit his clients’ tastes used to mean spending entire days at a sales barn or traveling hours to far-flung ranches. In ...

BILLINGS, Mont. -- Cattle broker Jeff Ferguson can buy livestock without getting his boots dirty. He doesn't even have to leave the office. Instead, he looks the animals over and places his bids via ...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) _ Cattle broker Jeff Ferguson can buy livestock without getting his boots dirty. He doesn't even have to leave the office. Instead, he looks the animals over and places his bids ...

BILLINGS — For Montana cattle buyer Jeff Ferguson, finding cattle to suit his clients' tastes used to mean spending entire days at a sales barn or traveling hours to far-flung ranch es. In Wyoming, ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday it will require meat packers to report cattle purchases they make through online auctions to the agency starting next week, a move ...

We have all been doing it this year—with a pandemic becoming a new way of life, fear of crowds and less options on store shelves, online shopping has just become the way we are getting through 2020.

CHICAGO, Aug 18 (Reuters) - An online U.S. cattle auction that ranchers and traders hope will restore transparency to livestock pricing and reduce volatility in futures contracts is set to resume ...