During the week ended Tuesday, large commodity index funds, called managed money, reduced their collective net long live cattle futures position while, cash cattle traders cut their total net short position. The data for such a conclusion came from the weekly Commitments of Traders report Friday from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.   FUNDS SELL … Read More

While the dynamics of 2025 are very unlikely to play out the same in 2026, the year has started with positive support of cattle prices across weight classes, said Glynn Tonsor, agricultural economist at Kansas State University, in a Livestock Marketing Information Center letter called In The Cattle Markets. Tonsor said the beef market would … Read More

It appears that available Argentine beef supplies may limit the amount of extra exportable beef to the US to feed President Trump’s plan to lower retail beef prices. The USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service office in Buenos Aires, Argentina, said in a semi-annual report on Argentina’s livestock and products that 2026 Argentine beef exports were projected … Read More

The USDA’s total red meat and poultry production estimate for 2026 was raised in Tuesday’s monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report on higher broiler production forecasts more than offsetting lower beef and turkey production expectations.   BEEF PRODUCTION SEEN LOWER   Beef production this year was forecast lower on the slower-than-expected pace of … Read More

Canada’s cattle on feed numbers continued to follow last year’s pace and trend by declining in February as January feedlot placements stuck very close to the 2020-2024 average. The information came from Canfax, a division of the Canadian Cattle Association.  Canfax surveys its members in Alberta and Saskatchewan monthly for a variety of performance data … Read More

During the week ended Tuesday, large commodity index funds, or managed money, cut their collective net long live cattle futures position as cash cattle traders reduced their total net short position. The data is from the weekly Commitments of Traders report from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Friday.   FUNDS CUT LONG CATTLE POSITION … Read More

The USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service office in Brasilia, Brazil, said in a semi-annual report this week that it expected decreased 2026 Brazilian cattle slaughter because of the start of herd rebuilding from the bottom of the cattle cycle. Producers were thought likely to begin holding cattle from the market, driving calf prices higher, the FAS … Read More