Cattle numbers are shrinking at auction barns across Texas, and that tightening supply is driving up prices — good news for ranchers, but a growing burden for consumers.

Cattle auctions aren’t often all-night affairs. But in Texas Lake Country in June 2022, ranchers facing dwindling water supplies and dried out pastures amid a worsening drought sold off more than ...

Steak and hamburgers, American staples, are fast becoming luxury items. Texas ranchers know why.

The U.S. cattle herd has fallen to 86.2 million head — a 75-year low — and ground beef prices have risen to $6.75 a pound, more than a dollar higher than the same time last year.

We call ourselves Marketplace, so part of our job is exploring how marketplaces work, in all their forms. David Brancaccio and the “Marketplace Morning Report” team are setting out to visit in-person ...

The aggies put in years of work to show off their animals at the Junior Livestock and Poultry Auction. Students from elementary to high school competed for best in show and hundreds of buyers showed ...

Jade Stone exits after leading his 18-month-old Grand Champion Market Steer, Haggard, from Stanton, TX, during Big Tex Youth Livestock Auction, on Friday at State Fair of Texas in Dallas. Shafkat ...

Hotel Havana is closing its doors on Oct. 20. Don Gourd watches hay being loaded onto his trailer at a donation site for livestock feed and ranch supplies for people affected by the Smokehouse Fire in ...