Changes in beef cow inventory are driven by two factors – how many new bred heifers enter the herd each year and how many cows exit the herd through culling and death loss. As is always the case when...
Volatility in Live Cattle futures rises to its highest level since December. Oliver Sloup discusses. Learn More: https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/agri…
Fueled by growth in the Western Hemisphere, South Korea and Australia, U.S. pork exports posted another excellent performance in February, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). Beef export volume was...
Source: Alberta Agriculture and Forestry
“The week ending October 14, 2022 saw minimal buyer bidding on live fed steers in Alberta,” says Ann Boyda, provincial livestock market analyst with Agriculture and Irrigation. “A weekly price trend was not available. The...
The fall months are when a majority of producers across the country are selling spring-born calves or yearlings from last fall. Due to the increase in supply of calves, prices typically decline during these months. A way to show...
Several factors may explain why cattle markets have not reached new record highs recently. From January through August, beef imports increased by 20.87% (523.7 million pounds), with South American suppliers, particularly Brazil, finding it economically viable to pay U.S....
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Dr. Andrew Griffith, Assistant Professor, Livestock Marketing Specialist, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Tennessee
FED CATTLE
Fed cattle traded $2 lower on a live basis compared to last week. Prices were mainly $182 to $185 on a live...
Source: USDA
by Russell Knight, Hannah Taylor, William Hahn, Adriana Valcu-Lisman, Angel Terán, Mildred Haley, and Grace Grossen
The Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook for October 2023 analyzes economic impacts of month-to-month changes in USDA’s “World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates”...
Source: USDA
Beef/Cattle: Based on preliminary December slaughter data, expected fourth-quarter 2024 production has been lowered from last month, bringing the annual total to 26.985 billion pounds. The beef production forecast in 2025 has been raised to 25.790 billion pounds...
