Large commodity index funds, or managed money, increased their collective net long live cattle futures position during the week ended Tuesday, while commercial traders increased their total net short position. The information came from the weekly Commitments of Traders report from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Friday.   FUNDS GET LONGER CATTLE   Tuesday, managed … Read More

After the World Organization for Animal Health confirmed an outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease in cattle in Hungary on March 6, Barry Whitworth, Oklahoma state Extension veterinarian, wrote a paper on the disease for the Cow-Calf Corner.  An edited version follows.   A BIT OF CONTEXT   The last reported FMD case in Hungary … Read More

The USDA’s Foreign Agriculture Service in Canberra, Aus., said in a Global Agricultural Information Network report Wednesday that Australian beef production and exports were forecast to reach a new record in 2025, following a record level of exports in 2024. The last peak in beef production and exports occurred a decade earlier, in 2014 and … Read More

In classic supply and demand fashion, cash cattle prices last week rose as fed steer dressed weights declined, according to data from the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service and the Agricultural Marketing Service compiled and published by the Livestock Marketing Information Center in Denver. Steer dressed weights have a seasonal tendency to decline at this … Read More

Canada’s monthly cattle-on-feed numbers continue to show a seasonal decline, as they remain at lower levels than the same months last year or in the 2019-2023 average, according to CanFax, a division of the Canadian Cattle Association. CanFax collects member data in Alberta and Saskatchewan monthly and shares the total on feed and the monthly … Read More

After five weeks of selling, managed money, a proxy for large commodity index firms, returned to extending their collective net long live cattle futures position during the week ended Tuesday, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Friday in its weekly Commitments of Traders report. The CFTC report also said commercial traders, those with a cash-market … Read More

Although cull cow marketing may be lower on the priority list for cow/calf producers right now, capturing seasonal highs in the market can boost revenues, said Rob Ziegler, Extension specialist at the University of Wyoming, in a letter for the Livestock Marketing Information Center. At this time of year, calving season likely is top of … Read More