Here are the weekly livestock market reports for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, for the week ended March 6, 2026, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for all three states. AL Livestock Market Report: At Alabama Livestock Auctions, for the week ended March 06, 2026, receipts at 16 markets totaled 8,216 head compared to 8,282 last week and 11,398 last …
USDA Releases Dairy Production Projections
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released their Dairy Production Projections for 2026. USDA Livestock Analyst Anthony Fischer provides the details. Fischer said, “Milk output continues to grow. It’s appeared to slow down a bit in recent years, but the trend is pretty steady. Milk output per cow growth is expected to continue into 2026 as farmers take advantage of genetic advancements …
USDA Points to Factors Impacting Reducing Agricultural Trade Deficit
With the reduction in the estimated agricultural trade deficit that was recently announced, we sat down with Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Luke Lindberg to learn what factors were impacting this reduction. Under Secretary Lindberg said, “You know, we’ve had really some significant progress across not only a number of different markets around the world, where we’ve had …
USMEF Highlights Near Record Pok Exports in 2025 While Beef Exports Impacted By Lack of Access To China
The US Meat Export Federation is highlighting the gains of meat exports in the USDA’s 2025 year-end data. USMEF President and CEO Dan Halstrom provided an overview of the near record pork exports last year. “A very good month at 258,000 metric tons for the month of December. That gives us an annual total that comes in with the number three …
Veterinarians Across The Southeast Come Together For Annual Conference
Veterinarians across the southeast will be coming together this weekend for the Southeastern Food And Farm Veterinary Summit and we caught up with Dr. Keri Riddick with the Georgia Veterinary Medical Association to learn more. Dr. Riddick said, “So this weekend starting on Friday, March 6th, we have the Southeastern Food and Farm Veterinary Summit and this is an annual conference that …
Big Sell Off of Live Cattle
Weather coming in like a lion in many areas around the country, but so is the cattle trade, keeping an eye on live cattle and feeder cattle. Big sell-off late last week, many suggesting month-end selling. Strike potentially at Greeley, Colorado plant, and we understand that grievance is not all about money there. And when you add the Tyson plants, set-downs and slow-downs at …
Tusker Livestock Waterer’s Offers Cattle Producers Options For Watering Their Herds
Water is crucial for any livestock producer, regardless of the weather and Tusker Livestock Waterer’s offers producers options for watering their herds. We caught up with Paul Thompson with Tusker to learn more. Thompson said, “Freezing tanks, freezing water troughs is one of the biggest aggravations in the cattle industry for sure. So what we’re making is a roto-molded, completely spray …
Weekly Livestock Market Report Week Ending 02-27-2026
Here are the weekly livestock market reports for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, for the week ended February 27, 2026, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for all three states. AL Livestock Market Report: At Alabama Livestock Auctions, for the week ended-February 27, 2026, receipts at 16 markets totaled 8,282 head compared to 10,185 last week and 8,668 last year. …
Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Research Informs Policy Discussions
The Florida Cattle Enhancement Board provides insights which informs policy discussions and we caught up with Dusty Holley with the Florida Cattlemen’s Association who provided more details. Holley said, “Well the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board is so interesting because we get that and we’re stewards of that money and we really hang our hat on the fact that 98% of that …
Biozyme Offers Solution For Getting Calves Off To The Right Start
Cattle producers work to get their calves off to the right start and Biozyme is offering a solution for this concern. We caught up with John Jeffrey with Biozyme at NCBA’s CattleCon to learn more. “So our newest product, I guess if you will, we had a soft launch last year here at NCBA, but we’re making a big launch this …









