25% of Pasture & Range Conditions rated 'Good to Excellent' compared to 27% Last Week and 36% Last Year.
Tue September 24, 2024
65% of Corn Crop rated as Good to Excellent compared to 65% last week and 53% last year.
Tue September 24, 2024
Last week's Marketings were 9.8% higher than the 3 Year Average.
Mon September 23, 2024
Beef cattle prices are lowered for the balance of 2024 and this price weakness is carried into 2025.
Mon September 23, 2024
The feedlot industry continues to find ways to hold inventory levels despite an ever-smaller feeder cattle supply.
Mon September 23, 2024
Fed cattle trade in the Southern Plains and Northern Plains was higher with feeder cattle steady and stocker calves lower.
Sat September 21, 2024
Cattle on Feed higher than last year with Placements and Marketings lower.
Fri September 20, 2024
The theory behind the "Bullish/Bearish Indicator" is when the public reaches a consensus, they are usually wrong.
Fri September 20, 2024
Unweaned calves transported directly to the auction market can have shrinkage of 7 to 10% while preconditioned calves can have 2 to 5% shrinkage.
Thu September 19, 2024
Beef production, at 2.29 billion pounds, was 3 percent below the previous year.
Thu September 19, 2024
The company is being sued by the environmental group ‘Environmental Working Group’
Thu September 19, 2024
35.59% of the Lower 48 States are in Drought, compared to 34.18% Last Week.
Thu September 19, 2024
Policymakers see the Fed's benchmark rate falling by another half of a percentage point by the end of this year.
Wed September 18, 2024
The impact on total beef production is likely to be relatively small and will depend on how beef-on-dairy changes the structure of the dairy industry.
Wed September 18, 2024
If history repeats itself, as it did in 2011, we may have another 1-2 years of contraction before moving into the expansion phase.
Tue September 17, 2024
Compared to last year, estimates indicate Cattle on Feed will be steady with Placements & Marketings lower.
Tue September 17, 2024
27% of Pasture & Range Conditions rated 'Good to Excellent' compared to 29% Last Week and 34% Last Year.
Mon September 16, 2024
65% of Corn Crop rated as Good to Excellent compared to 64% last week and 51% last year.
Mon September 16, 2024
Last week's Marketings were 12.1% higher than the 3 Year Average.
Mon September 16, 2024
Fed cattle trade in the Southern Plains was steady while Northern Plains trade was higher. Feeder cattle and stocker calves were both lower with live cattle and feeder cattle futures higher.