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The annual Cattle report estimated that total cattle inventories in the U.S. were up 3.2 percent year over year at 92.0 million head.
Feedyards found plenty of economic incentive to feed cattle to heavier weights last year, the results displayed in record carcass weights and dismal profits
It is important to capture added value when it comes times to sell calves.
Since the turn of the calendar, feeder cattle futures have been mainly trading sideways except for Thursday when the market moved the limit lower.
The stock market is off to a dismal start in 2016. Hopefully, this isn’t a sign of a weakening economy.
Given developments in multiple financial markets it is useful to pause and appreciate the broader situation underpinning the start of 2016 “outside” of the cattle markets to further assess possible upcoming changes within the cattle complex.
What goes up must come down! That is exactly what has happened to cattle prices, but the task now is determining where the market is headed in 2016 and beyond.
Cattle markets in 2015 transitioned from what 2014 was to more like what 2016 will be.
The last two years have been a whirlwind of dramatic extremes for the cattle industry.
Fed cattle prices are higher for the second week in a row.
If our nation’s consumers can limp along and hold this bedraggled economy to its walker, beef should have a chance to make that decent recovery.
A K-State livestock economist speaks on the immediate future of cattle feeding returns.
The futures market is showing signs of finding a bottom but nothing is guaranteed.
There are very few positives if any at all with regard to cattle and beef markets.
USDA’s November Cattle on Feed report said the number of cattle on feed was 2.1 % higher at the start of November than a year ago.
Although the market will find support in sale barns, the overall price outlook for multiple cattle sectors isn’t so rosy, says DuWayne Bosse of Bolt Marketing.
The choice retail beef price declined for the fourth consecutive month to $6.23 per pound in September.
Reason and logic in a normal year would indicate prices are near the bottom, but the market could continue to act contra-seasonally and dip further.
Fed cattle prices were sharply lower this week on good volume.
The September USDA Cold Storage report said there is a lot of frozen meat in the country.
Market prices for fed cattle in 2015 are headed in exactly the opposite direction of where they were headed the fall of 2014.
History provides a guide to how low markets may tumble.
The beef industry in South Dakota makes a significant contribution to economic output and development in the state.
There are a number of techniques to increase the values of calves sold at weaning.
Feedlot placements and marketings slide, while the WTO rules against COOL for a fourth time.
The April Cattle on Feed report said placements into large feedlots during March were up 0.4% and marketings were down 1.7% compared to March 2014.
Hamburger demand has kept lean beef prices up, it has also kept cull cow and bull prices on the increase.