When raised in a feedlot, cattle are known as feeder cattle.
Many such feeder cattle are born in cow-calf operations specifically designed to produce beef calves.
Weak live-cattle prices spread to feeder cattle, hogs and pork bellies.
Corn (seed and feed), soy beans, and feeder cattle are the major products of the area.
While live cattle futures declined, contracts for feeder cattle surged to contract highs.
The contracts with the largest volume for the month were live cattle and feeder cattle futures and options.
The live cattle rose a 12.1 percent from June 1987, while feeder cattle more than doubled.
First are those that produce feeder cattle to be raised by other agricultural enterprises, such as feedlots.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange: Get rid of all our feeder cattle today; they'll be going down to hoof level by tomorrow morning.
Prices of feeder cattle and fuel were up slightly from last fall.