Cattle numbers are shrinking at auction barns across Texas, and that tightening supply is driving up prices — good news for ranchers, but a growing burden for consumers.

It takes a lot of work to raise a State Fair of Texas Youth Market Grand Champion. "Not many people get to do this," Jett Hale said. "It's a select few." Hale raised the Grand Champion Youth Market ...

Cattle auctions aren’t often all-night affairs. But in Texas Lake Country in June 2022, ranchers facing dwindling water supplies and dried out pastures amid a worsening drought sold off more than ...