News reporting that an estimated 10,000 cattle have died or will have to be euthanized due to the Texas fires. There was already a shortage of cattle from the drought conditions out west a couple years ago. Cattles prices have held consistent over the last few years but due to the effects of the drought and now the fires, expect the prices to increase a lot more. Current cattle prices at local sales barn have increased from 2023 to 2024. February 28, 2022 $1.67 / lb February 27, 2023 $1.67 / lb February 29, 2024 $3.10 / lb Recent article by Dr. Malone is definitely worth the read https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/well-being-cattle-and-beef?r=18nzs4&triedRedirect=true As a small family operation we do not have many steers for sale each year. We have sold 3 of the 8 steers we have available for the 2024 processing season.