USDA released its Cattle on Feed report today, which was mostly in line with expectations. The inventory of cattle in feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 head or more was 11.1 million head, in line with expectations. Placements and marketings were slightly lower than the average pre-report forecasts.
Average daily marketings were 86,364 head in July based on 22 work days comapred to 86,522 in July 2020 based on 23 slaughter days. Marketings as a percent of cattle on feed inventory in July were 17.2 percent, compared to 17.6 in July 2020.
Placements in July were 1.74 million head. The drop in placements compared to last year, when the market was coming out of COVID, is large, but the 2015-2019 five-year average i...
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USDA released its October Cattle on Feed report Friday, showing 11.4 million cattle in feedlots with capacity for 1,000 head or more, slightly below last year. September placements were the lowest for the month since records began in 1996, marking the third consecutive month of placements sett...
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