Yea I’m happy we have to do something about this trade deficit that mush head put us in

@@madtrapper8301 that’s not true we are a net exporter of oil. If cattle go to a nickel a lb you deserve everything you get. You voted for a sociopath and could of had a good man like pence

@@madtrapper8301 Elon musk is running the show so good job

@@madtrapper8301 I like the amnesia that trump marks have he was president once we all almost went broke cheapest cattle ever. And you cheer for another tariff war. Germans cheered Hitler as they stood in the ruble of their homes

@@callie-s3s you must be a person of low intelligence if you think President Trump is letting someone else run his show then your either not in touch with reality or stupid

Maybe some insulated waders for his birthday would be appreciated😅. Cowboy tough!

Probably not a bad idea. F book has a marketplace as a matter of fact. Streetsmarts are a must have online.

Go to another sale barn. Or provide what the market demands. Black. Smokey. Baldie. Tick of ear

Through other types of competition and supply and demand in industries that aren’t monopolies or virtual monopolies. In the industries that are virtual monopolies like the cattle industry and grocery stores, for example, where Wal Mart and a couple of other companies have virtually all of the market share, price discovery goes something like this: The supplier and consumer are both squeezed by the big companies, not to mention any mom and pop stores that are still in existence, and price on both ends are determined by chipping away at their counterparts until the suppliers can barely survive at their current price level, the consumer can barely afford the product, and the employees are paid just enough so they don’t quit but little enough that they can still get government entitlements (so all of the taxpayers get to subsidize their payroll). The reason many of us like auction markets is that it’s a vital check against monopolistic, coercive, and collusive behavior. Auctions aren’t a cure-all by any stretch of the imagination, but they help.

@@lvn4xwell said

They are getting what they voted for. Canada and Mexico are not filling usa steel and aluminum orders that’s 27% , framing lumber has to be old growth our number one import from Canada, fertilizer prescriptions. Did you have amnesia when you voted for this again. Do you people think these other countries gonna sit by and not do revenge tariffs. This is the Republican party fault they had so many options. But they didn’t vote for the black woman

What about Canada saying we will cut electricity coming to the northern states those blue wall states.

As of this morning the list is up to 10 nations 100% tariff on 8

The food is being taken over. Shooting for food control. Too much power given and more of it taken means shackles for the people.

Yes!

It was all spending including your usda drought checks including granny in the nursing home, free lunches for kids are you against feeding poor kids

Inflation was started by trump tariffs then he ignored covid own it

​@@callie-s3s granny paid social security let her stay in nursing home. Stop helping foreign countries like Ukraine and all others and there will be plenty of money to feed your poor kids. I am tired of fake wars and taking 60cents of every dollar I earn to fund them

DEI is the n word he also said women are not as smart as men . He blamed everyone except the fact he fired the head of FAA and a 100 FAA employees. Tomorrow tariffs start and China has already said they are buying Brazil soybeans

This is the beginning of cattle down chaos and drama

No need in worrying we’ve seen this before high inputs cheap cattle. Fuel has done nothing but go up 8 days into this s show and it’s been nothing but chaos and drama

@@callie-s3sno it hasn’t! Things are great! Cattle prices are tremendous! Great times are here!

​@callie-s3s odd our fuel went down at the pump almost every couple days.

@@paulschallbergerjr.4108 highest cattle we’ve ever sold under a Democrat. Tariffs start Feb 1 then watch

@@callie-s3she’s president now. And he’s going to be president for awhile. So be thankful he’s making America great again! Have a blessed Day!

What chaos and drama. Do u mean logic?

@@kurtleimkuehler shutting down the government shutting off Medicaid for elderly I guess that’s the Republican way if that’s the god people I don’t want nothing to do with it

Enter hedge w s call

my opinion... we are years away from shorting the market

@@medlaketrap we are days away from a trade war with our two closest partners. Let’s see what happens then

75% of workers are not showing up

@@callie-s3s Do you blame them? When Reagan was President he estimated 10 to 30 million illegals. Forty years later we probably have 130 million. We will probably see work in the US come to a standstill.

@ no I don’t blame them they do jobs we won’t do they keep us fed. The maga are slow to learn I had all the .89c beef I could stand during covid not to mention the tariffs

Trump’s “border czar,” said the administration also plans to bring back workplace raids, which were paused during Biden’s tenure. During so-called “worksite enforcement” operations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, agents arrest and detain individuals who are in the country without legal status. Homan has said workplace raids can help ICE agents identify human and sex trafficking victims. “Worksite operations have to happen. Here’s why,” Homan said during an interview on Fox News. “Where do we find most victims of sex trafficking and forced labor trafficking? At worksites.” There’s been a lot of speculation - but not much clarity - about when enforcement operations at worksites may begin. Last week, NBC News reported that the Trump administration was considering plans for a large-scale workplace raid as early as Inauguration Day in the nation’s capital or surrounding area. But in an interview with the Washington Examiner, Homan denied such plans had been discussed. Another plan the incoming administration is reportedly considering is rescinding a policy that keeps ICE agents from arresting individuals in places like schools, hospitals and churches. It’s unclear how federal agents might cooperate with local and state officials. The Texas Newsroom reached out to the Texas Department of Public Safety to ask about its cooperation with ICE but did not hear back. Did Biden or Obama enforce workplace raids? During President Barack Obama's tenure, large-scale arrests at workplaces were ended in favor of prosecuting employers - but some workers were still arrested, according to Politifact. Biden’s Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas also said his agency would focus enforcement on unscrupulous employers instead of workers. However, just last week dozens of people in Kern County, California were arrested and detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents, according to several news reports. The arrests included two child rapists, an individual with a weapons charge warrant and a person suspected of defrauding another person of $70,000, according to U.S. Border Patrol Chief Patrol Agent Gregory K. Bovino. Border Patrol officials said the arrests were targeted at people involved in criminal activity, such as smuggling. Immigrant advocates, however, said some of the individuals arrested were farmworkers who were pulled over on their way to work and others who’d stopped at a local convenience store and gas station frequented by immigrant workers. The arrests drew attention because Border Patrol typically doesn’t operate that far inland but rather within 100 miles of the border. How have raids worked in the past? ICE agents have conducted raids at all kinds of different types of job sites, from meatpacking plants to technology repair companies. How the agency decides where to raid depends on a variety of factors. But the information it receives from others is key. “Usually, in terms of worksites, we have some information - someone has come to us and told us, you know, that there are undocumented persons that are working there,” Paul Hunker, former chief counsel for ICE in Dallas, told The Texas Newsroom. He said they often receive “intelligence” from an employee or are following up on a past raid. In 2008, ICE raided Pilgrim’s Pride plants across the country, including in Mt. Pleasant, Texas. Hunker said those arrested were alleged to have stolen the identities of U.S. citizens to be able to work. Other times, ICE agents will inspect federal employment eligibility forms filed by the company at worksites. Once inside, Hunker said workers are grouped according to their status. For example, U.S. citizens are separated from non-citizens with authorization to work and non-citizens who aren’t authorized. Afterward, workers are taken to a local ICE office, often by bus, where they’re processed before they’re moved to a detention center. Those who are detained have a right to an attorney but ICE doesn’t provide one. Some individuals will receive a notice to appear in court while others might be scheduled for immediate removal. Hunker said workplace enforcement actions are not quick and easy. "There’s a huge amount of coordination with state and locals to sort of plan out the operation,” he said. Haim Vasquez, an immigration attorney in North Texas, expects the Trump administration to prioritize removing not only people with a criminal background but also those who’ve already received an order to leave the country. That “will allow ICE to deport or remove them from the country without having to go to court,” Vasquez said. “They already lost their chance to go to court if they didn’t show up or they already went to court if they got their order of removal.” What happens to migrants caught up in the raids? What about the businesses where they worked? The lives of those caught up in raids are often upended, especially if the worker is the household’s primary income earner. That was the case in 2018, under the Trump administration, when ICE agents raided manufacturing company Load Trail in Sumner, Texas. About 159 people were arrested. In some cases, a worker’s family paid a $5,000 bond so their loved one could go home. Others were released for humanitarian reasons and ordered to appear in immigration court at a later date. As for the companies raided, many have not had to face severe consequences. One outlier was an affiliated company of Load Trail, the company raided in Sumner in 2018. In February 2023, it pled guilty to felony aiding and abetting document fraud. Under a plea deal, the company agreed to pay $5 million in fines. What about the broader community? How have family members, especially children, been affected? Children of parents who are detained or deported can experience emotional trauma, experts say, and may be caught up in the child welfare system if they don’t have any adult caregivers left in the states. Across the country, some school districts are already preparing for possible upcoming raids after Trump takes office. Some have asked parents to update their emergency contact information and have a plan for their children should something happen. Some community members rally around workers and their families who’ve been affected by a raid. After the Load Trail operation, the non-profit organization RAICES provided legal assistance. A local pastor opened his church to families and volunteers providing assistance. In the Honey Grove Independent School District, teachers, other staff and the superintendent collected donations after workplace raids in 2018 during the Trump administration. Superintendent Todd Morrison himself drove some family members to immigration court in Dallas. Stella M. Chávez is an investigative reporter for The Texas Newsroom. Got a tip? Email her at [email protected] or [email protected]. You can follow her on X @stellamchavez. KERA News is made possible through the generosity of our members. If you find this reporting valuable, consider making a tax-deductible gift today. Thank you. Tags News The Texas NewsroomBorder & ImmigrationDonald TrumpU.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Stella M. Chávez | The Texas Newsroom See stories by Stella M. Chávez | The Texas Newsroom The best stories from KERA sent to your inbox. SUBSCRIBE

Biden is the one who wasn’t doing workplace raids

Maybe if your business plan involves undocumented workers, you should rethink how you’re doing business anyway. We all think beef is high, but look at inflation and the price of everything else. I dunno, but if beef was to drop back much, there’d be a bunch more cows slaughtered off and would tighten the calf crop even more.

@@chadtosh6831 I guess you better be talking to meatpackers, feeders and the ranchers in Nebraska who were interviewed on national TV who employ illegals who said they will be busted if they loose there workers. Remember covid when the border shut down not enough workers in packers slowed chain speeds down cattle backed up no one wanted the cattle. You seem to have all the answers . We do all our own work dick Tracy

@@chadtosh6831 I can assure you the prices are going to bust when tariffs hit and trump is just itching for a fight, his new plan no income taxes for high earners his example was football players and higher tariffs to replace that tax income. Tariffs are paid for by consumers

@@chadtosh6831 we do our own work. Might want to run your business model through the packers half the workforce is from other countries

@@callie-s3s my business plan is pretty good, I’ve been making money through the poorer years, now it’s just bonus time!!! 👍.

For what time period and price?

USDA is next it’s gone

Half the people who process meat are from other countries so he is draining the workforce

I agree! We don't need violent foreign criminals in food processing plants.

😅 seriously! This was one of the worst since I started listening. The cattle market came off only because of the decline in the stock market due to the new Chinese AI. That's it.