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Thanks to lower corn prices, improved pasture conditions and increased domestic demand, beef cattle producers can expect to continue to see record prices for beef this year.
Volatile cattle market sees a $5 to $7 increase for fed cattle.
The cattle markets are starting to tail off from their summer highs as spring calves are being weaned.
The cattle markets have been in a bit of a sink or swim mode lately, and right now they’re slowly sinking.
In USDA’s latest Cattle On Feed report, inventory numbers, placements and marketings all decreased July.
Thanks to consumer demand beef prices have been at record highs this summer.
Drought is starting to recede in many of the top beef producing states.
The Cattle on Feed Report continues to show a decrease in feedlot inventory and placements.
All classes of cattle and calves traded lower this week, pulled down by the bear’s strangle hold on the futures markets.
Both the fed cattle and beef cutout markets have taken a slight downturn, but things should turn around and head back towards record highs.
Beef costs are poised to rise further as feeder-cattle futures climbed to cap the longest rally in 37 years amid mounting U.S. supply concerns.
The cattle markets are on a slight decline, but it’s still better than last year.
Evaluate your options when thinking about marketing this year’s calf crop.
Corbitt Wall of USDA Market News gives this week’s Feeder and Stocker Cattle Summary for the week ending July 18.
Consumer demand has continued to push the beef markets to new levels.
Boxed beef cutout prices set all-time highs this past week.
Cattle prices as well as wholesale and retail beef prices are setting record highs, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service economists.
Both cash fed cattle prices and the futures markets saw post-holiday weakness this week, but feeder cattle bids were higher again.
After running uphill for three consecutive months, stocker and feeder markets fell lower amid light receipts.
Corbitt Wall with USDA Markets News gives the feeder and stocker summery for the week ending June 27.
The fed cattle and beef markets are seeing unprecedented prices, especially for this time in the year.
Cash cattle prices took out highs set back in March this week, a feat few expect from a June market.
Fewer cattle and higher prices are a continuing trend with the Cattle on Feed Report.
U.S. beef prices are up 74% since 2009 to the highest on record, after a seven-year decline in the herd left the fewest cattle in at least six decades.
All areas of the beef industry continue to see higher price gains.
This past week was one for the record books in the futures market.
The cash-led bull market continues, with both fed cattle and feeder cattle posting sharp gains. Live cattle and feeder cattle futures also recorded advances, but still trail cash bids.