World beef consumption is up, and prices are favorable, but production is up, and pressure on beef and cattle markets is beginning to mount, said Rabobank Senior Analyst for Animal Protein Angus Gridley-Baird in a quarterly analysis of the beef market. “US weather conditions, low protein prices in Brazil and changes to live cattle and … Read More

Data from the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, along with statistics from the USDA’s Economic Research Service, show forecasts for US total per capita red meat and poultry consumption to continue rising through next year. Declines in consumption of chicken and turkey could come next year, but beef and pork consumption was projected to continue … Read More

It will take specific and repeated “good” news to push cattle and beef markets higher from this point, said Stephen Koontz, professor of agricultural and resource economics at Colorado State University in an Extension publication “In The Cattle Markets.” It will take very strong marketings and a bullish USDA Cattle on Feed report this week, … Read More

Total frozen red meat supplies in US freezers on April 30 were up 4% from a month earlier and up 7% from a year earlier with total pounds of beef in freezers up 2% from March and up 3% from last year, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service said Tuesday. NASS made the data public … Read More

The cattle industry continues to feed heifers more efficiently, but there may be a downside in portion sizes, said Derrell Peel Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist, in the Service’s “Cow/Calf Corner.” Oklahoma State University research has shown that big carcasses lead to big beef cuts, which may limit demand, Peel said. Heifer carcass … Read More

Large commodity investment firms, called managed money, are flirting with a net zero live cattle futures position as they whittled off a few more long cattle positions during the week ended Tuesday. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, in its monthly Commitments of Traders report Friday, said managed money had a net long live cattle position … Read More

The average number of days March slaughter cattle spent in Kansas feed yards was up markedly from last year and the 2012-2016 average, showing the young average age of the feeder cattle that were placed last fall. It was known widely that feedlots were putting young calves into their pens at that time, and the … Read More