Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist

Cattle eating grain from a bunk. Photo credit: Real Ag Stock

April 11, 2025

Leveraging the Price Slide: A Marketing Opportunity Amid Record-High Prices

By Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist

Steers in a feedlot (Photo credit: Real Ag Stock)

April 11, 2025

The Steer-Heifer Price Difference: Implications for Herd Expansion

By Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist

beefwatch graphic

November 1, 2023

Will the next farm laborer please stand up?

By Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist

beefwatch graphic

October 1, 2023

High culling continues to impact beef market

By Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist

Livestock trailer

July 1, 2023

The Changing Cost of Cattle Transportation

By Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist

Heifers

March 1, 2023

Early Herd Rebuilding Could Happen Through the Bred Cow Market

By Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist

Calf

December 1, 2022

Value of Gain on Winter Backgrounded Cattle

By Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist

Wet distillers grains

December 1, 2022

The Impact of Low Stocks-to-use Ratio and the Ukraine-Russia Conflict on the Distillers-to-Corn Price Ratio

By Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist

Calves

October 1, 2022

Tensions Surrounding US Beef Exports to China

By Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist

Cow grazing

August 1, 2022

Maximizing Profits Under Drought Conditions, Higher Input Costs, and National Herd Liquidation

By Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist