During the week ended Tuesday, Jan. 13, large commodity index funds, known as managed money, took on a larger net long live cattle futures position while cash traders advanced their net short position. That was the upshot of data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s weekly Commitments of Traders report Friday.   FUNDS GET LONGER … Read More

Consumer protein demand often is perceived as a mysterious something that can’t quite be divined.  Kind of like trying to see the future but not quite. But what do the numbers say about what consumers are buying at what price points at any given time?  True, these things swim around and move, but a snapshot … Read More

As the feedlot inventory continue declining with the December USDA Cattle on Feed report, Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University livestock marketing specialist, said in a letter called Cow-Calf Corner that feedlot production was dropping quickly.   FEEDLOT POPULATION DROPPING   The December On-Feed report showed a feedlot inventory of 11.727 million head, down 2.1% year … Read More

US pork exports continued to build momentum in October, led by a record performance in leading market Mexico, according to data and comments released by USDA and compiled by the US Meat Export Federation. While beef exports remained lower year-over-year, shipments rebounded to some degree in October, posting the largest totals since June, the USMEF … Read More

The USDA’s estimate of 2025 red meat and poultry production was raised in Monday’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report as higher pork and beef production were offset partially by lower poultry production. Changes in the 2025 estimates reflect November production data and preliminary estimates of slaughter numbers and weights for December.   BEEF … Read More

Tuesday, large commodity index funds, known as managed money, had a larger collective net long live cattle futures position than they had a week earlier, while cash cattle traders had a larger total net short position. The data was made available by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in its weekly Commitments of Traders report Friday. … Read More

Considerable variation exists among heifers in their ability to gain weight on moderate-quality forage, and this variation appears largely independent of performance on energy-dense diets, said David Lalman and Bailey Tomson, Oklahoma State University professors of animal and food sciences, in a letter called Cow-Calf Corner. Simple measurements of forage-based weight gain, or well-designed development … Read More