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Estimated cattle industry losses due to COVID-19 will reach $13.6 billion, according to a study by ag economists conducted to assist USDA in determining how best to allocate CARES Act relief funds to cattle producers.

The beef cattle industry will receive $5.1 billion of CFAP funding to partially offset 2020 losses due to COVID-19. USDA expects to begin sign-up in early May and distribute payments by late May or early June.

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Texas agricultural losses due to the 2011 drought reached a record $7.62 billion, making it the most costly drought in history.

USDA's December Cattle on Feed report said there were 1.4% fewer cattle in large feedlots on December 1 than a year ago.

Feedlot marketings were up 16.6% in November, while placements rose 15%.

Average cattle feeding losses totaled $106 per head for the week ending June 21.

Cattle feeding margins slipped further into the red last week on soft cash prices, while packer margins climbed to extreme heights.