Nebraska Feeder Cattle Sales & Cattle Industry News

Season 1 Episode 54

It’s the Ranch It Up Radio Show Herd It Here Weekly Report! A 3-minute look at cattle markets, reports, news info, or anything that has to do with those of us who live at the end of dirt roads. Join Jeff 'Tigger' Erhardt, the Boss Lady Rebecca Wanner aka 'BEC' by subscribing on your favorite podcasting app or on the Ranch It Up Radio Show YouTube Channel.

Feeder Cattle In Nebraska

Slaughter cows and bulls are selling very well in Nebraska along with feeder cattle. Click Here for a complete sales report.

Appeals Court Decides Whether Tyson Owes Ghost Cattle Operator

A federal appeals court sided with a Washington district court’s ruling that Tyson Fresh Meats did not owe Cody Allen Easterday any money for alleged breach-of-contract claims.

Easterday is currently serving a 11-year prison sentence for defrauding the company of $244 million in a ghost cattle scheme. Companies related to his operation had repaid at least $63 million to Tyson as of February 2023.

He claimed Tyson owed him approximately $100 million for using his likeness on meat product labels in Japan.

USDA Says Hog Had Wild H5N1, Utah Reports First Dairy Outbreak

The avian flu found in a backyard hog in Oregon appears to be a strain of H5N1 contracted directly from wild birds, rather than the strain that crosses over from birds to dairy cattle, according to top USDA officials.

Meanwhile, Utah has confirmed its first outbreak in dairy cattle, with infections discovered on eight farms in Cache County. The appearance followed the culling in early October of the entire flock of 1.8 million chickens after the virus was discovered on a Utah poultry facility for the first time since 2022.

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Nebraska Feeder Cattle Sales & Cattle Industry News