During the week ended Tuesday, managed money, a proxy for large commodity index funds, nudged their collective net long live cattle futures position higher as cattle owners raised their total net short position. That conclusion was drawn from Friday’s weekly Commitments of Traders report from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.   FUNDS TAKE LONGER CATTLE … Read More

Cattle prices advanced for a third straight year in 2025, and more of the same can be expected this year, said Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing analyst, in a letter called Cow-Calf Corner. Prices for all classes of cattle moved higher last year, setting frequent records for most of the first three … Read More

Canada’s cattle on feed totals started 2026 smaller than last year and the 2020-2024 average, but at a point that likely will be the third highest monthly marker of the year. December placements also were down from 2024 and the 2019-2023 average. The data came from CanFax, a division of the Canadian Cattle Association.  CanFax … Read More

Multiple news sources are predicting a late-week winter storm in the Southern Plains will move east northeast through the Delta and into the Middle Atlantic states that will stress livestock and poultry production. Since that area of the US hardly ever sees the predicted level of wintry weather, there also will be travel delays and … Read More

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