On Jan. 1, the total feedlot inventory represented a record of 16.5% of the All Cattle and Calves inventory in the country, said Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist, in a letter called Cow-Calf Corner. However, decreased cattle numbers and herd rebuilding inevitably will lead to smaller feedlot inventories in the coming … Read More

Canada’s cattle on feed on March 1 totaled 1.015 million head, down from a year earlier but more than the 2018-2022 average, according to data from CanFax that was compiled and published by the Livestock Marketing Information Center in Denver. CanFax, a private market advisory firm, collects data from members in Alberta and Saskatchewan monthly.  … Read More

After becoming one of the major US beef export destinations about 25 years ago, the last dozen years have shown greater market evolution, said Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist, in a letter called Cow-Calf Corner. Mexico now is one of the US’ major beef trading partners as the market evolved from … Read More

Total red meat supplies in freezers on Feb. 29 were down about 4% from the previous month and down about 13% from last year, according to the USDA’s monthly Cold Storage report Monday. Total frozen poultry supplies on Feb. 29, were down about 1% from the previous month and down about 5% from a year … Read More

Large commodity index funds, known as managed money, trimmed their collective net long live cattle futures position in the week ended Tuesday as hedgers cut their total net short position, The information came from the weekly Commitments of Traders report from the CFTC Friday.  The CFTC publishes its report weekly with information based on the … Read More

February’s 2022 Census of Agriculture from the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service provided some insight into the changing structure of cattle agriculture.   DWINDLING FARMS   Writing for the Livestock Marketing Information Center’s In the Cattle Markets, Matthew Diersen, risk and business management specialist at South Dakota State University, said, in 2022 there were 732,123 … Read More

While EU beef production is forecast to decline further in 2024 because of structural unprofitability and mounting environmental regulations, the EU pork supply is projected to rebound in 2024, said the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service in Europe in a semi-annual report.   SWINE HERD REBUILDING   That forecast was based on the Eurostat December census, … Read More