Saturday, October 17, 2026 · Montana

Markets Feeder Cattle $3.38/lb ▲ +0.1% Live Cattle $2.28/lb ▲ +0.5% Wheat (HRW) $7.04/bu ▼ -1.3% Diesel (ULSD) $4.72/gal ▲ +1.5% as of Oct 17, 05:00 MT

Tag: cattle disease

Angus bulls with cows on green Montana foothill pasture in early summer with mountains in the background

Cattle

Trich Rides In on a Neighbor’s Bull and Empties Your Cows, and the Open Herd at Preg-Check Traces Back to Turnout

Trichomoniasis is a venereal disease that quietly wrecks a calf crop. It spreads through breeding bulls, and by the time you see…

Harry Ward · September 14, 2026

A young calf standing alone and hunched near a group of cow-calf pairs on a dry Montana summer pasture at daybreak

Cattle

Summer Pneumonia Hits Nursing Calves on Grass, and the One Standing Off From the Bunch at Daylight Was Fine Last Night

Respiratory disease doesn't just belong to weaning and the feedlot. Nursing calves on summer pasture get pneumonia too, and the ones you…

Harry Ward · September 2, 2026

Black Angus calves grazing green summer pasture in a Montana river bottom with hills and mountains in the background

Cattle

Blackleg Kills the Best Calf in the Bunch on Summer Grass, and the Cheap Shot You Skipped Is the One You’ll Wish You’d Given

Blackleg drops thrifty, fast-growing calves on lush summer pasture, usually with no warning. A clostridial vaccine at spring works is the only…

Harry Ward · August 14, 2026