Stocker
Cattle markets held steady to stronger as the seasonal bump in demand from Memorial Day, Father’s Day and 4th of July lies ahead.
Cattle market fundamentals may remain favorable, but April’s expected rally has fizzled. Both feeder and fed cattle traded significantly lower this week, with cash fed cattle prices now $9 lower than just three weeks ago.
It may be likely that the spring calf market has peaked.
The spring cattle rally stalled this week as cowboys and packers search for signs supporting ideas the market will conform to seasonal trends.
The spring cattle market rally was beginning to bloom this week, with yearling feeder cattle trading firm to $5 higher and instances of $6 to $8 higher.
Environment and feed availability key factors to increase
Beef prices went down while cattle prices rebounded.
Winter weather has been a factor in beef and cattle prices lately, but it didn’t keep the market down for boxed beef this week.
The past week of poor weather has kept the beef market downs.
After a record setting year what do beef producers have to look forward to in 2015?
Demand for grass cattle has helped keep the price of weaned calves high.
Cattle feeders have been fairing alright with higher live cattle prices, but packers aren’t doing so well.
Beef and cattle prices dropped this past week, but it’s still a profitable time to be in the beef industry.
Now is the time to consider rebuilding the herd, but holding onto cows could be risky.
Record high feeder cattle prices could make profitability difficult in the coming months.
Cattle futures set record highs last week, while Choice cutout beef prices saw an increase.
Volatile cattle market sees a $5 to $7 increase for fed cattle.
Watering options and environmental impacts are also among presentations planned.
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.
Cattle prices have been put on ice with markets falling off a bit.
All classes of cattle and calves traded lower this week, pulled down by the bear’s strangle hold on the futures markets.
Increased heifer retention is having an impact both on the fed cattle market and at the packer.
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 prices have yet to find a price ceiling this year as new records continued to be broken.
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.
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.