A field representative with a local livestock auction says tighter cattle supplies are providing much-needed support to prices.
Tim Clifton, with the MO-KAN Livestock Market, which is located a little over an hour from Kansas City, says this is the first positive Cattle on Feed report in months. “Even the lighter-weight cattle that have been struggling the past month,” he says. “Because it’s October and we always see health issues in those new-crop bawling calves, and they always take a hit this time of year.