Estimates for Friday's Cattle on Feed Report
Cattle on Feed
Estimates for Friday's Cattle on Feed Report

Estimates indicate Cattle on Feed & Placed on Feed will be lower with Marketings higher than last year.

Tue May 21 2024

Cattle Industry Controversy: Mandatory Electronic Identification (EID)
RFID Ear Tags
Cattle Industry Controversy: Mandatory Electronic Identification (EID)

Some producers believe mandatory EID is an invasion of privacy and have concerns regarding how the data could be used, as well as the additional cost.

Tue May 21 2024

Pasture & Range Conditions as of 5/19/24
Pasture & Range Conditions
Pasture & Range Conditions as of 5/19/24

49% of Pasture & Range Conditions rated 'Good to Excellent' compared to 47% Last Week and 37% Last Year.

Tue May 21 2024

Corn Crop Planted & Emerged as of 5/19/24
Corn Crop
Corn Crop Planted & Emerged as of 5/19/24

70% of Corn Crop planted compared to 76% last year and the 5 Year Average of 71%; 40% of Corn Crop emerged compared to 46% last year and the 5 Year Average of 39%.

Tue May 21 2024

Feeder & Stocker Cattle Marketings for the week ending 5/18/24
Feeder & Stocker Cattle Marketings
Feeder & Stocker Cattle Marketings for the week ending 5/18/24

Last week's Marketings were 1.0% higher than the 3 Year Average.

Mon May 20 2024

North Dakota Group may buy Insolvent ‘Agridime’
Cattle Ponzi Scheme
North Dakota Group may buy Insolvent ‘Agridime’

The group would purchase the assets of the company, including the remaining meat and cattle inventory.

Mon May 20 2024

Better Pasture and Hay Conditions in 2024
Pasture & Range Conditions
Better Pasture and Hay Conditions in 2024

The improvement in hay stocks indicates that producers generally got through the winter in better shape and still have some forage reserves going forward but proceed with caution.

Mon May 20 2024

Weekly Cattle Market Overview for Week Ending 5/17/24
Cattle/Beef Prices
Weekly Cattle Market Overview for Week Ending 5/17/24

Compared to last week, fed cattle trade in the Southern Plains and Northern Plains was higher, as were feeder cattle and stocker calves.

Sat May 18 2024

Dairies are Selling Record Numbers of ‘Beef-on Dairy Cattle’ to Feedyards
Beef-on-Dairy Cattle
Dairies are Selling Record Numbers of ‘Beef-on Dairy Cattle’ to Feedyards

With a smaller beef cow herd, dairy farmers are breeding more calves destined for the feedyard while heifers retained for dairy replacements is “down to the minimum level” needed to maintain the dairy herd.

Fri May 17 2024

Bullish/Bearish Indicator for week ending 5/24/24
Bullish/Bearish Consensus
Bullish/Bearish Indicator for week ending 5/24/24

The theory behind the "Bullish/Bearish Indicator" is when the public reaches a consensus, they are usually wrong.

Fri May 17 2024

USDA Beef/Cattle Outlook: May 2024
Beef/Cattle Outlook
USDA Beef/Cattle Outlook: May 2024

Cattle prices are projected to reach new highs in 2025; however, the 2024 forecast is lowered from last month.

Thu May 16 2024

5/16/24: Weekly Beef, Pork, & Corn Export Highlights
Exports
5/16/24: Weekly Beef, Pork, & Corn Export Highlights

Weekly Beef Sales were up 23%; Exports down 4%

Thu May 16 2024

14% of U.S. Cattle are in Drought Areas...  Down 1% from Last Week
DROUGHT
14% of U.S. Cattle are in Drought Areas... Down 1% from Last Week

13.98% of the Lower 48 States are in Drought compared to 15.08% Last Week.

Thu May 16 2024

CFTC Charges Agridime and Its Co-Founders with a Fraudulent Cattle Scheme
Cattle Ponzi Scheme
CFTC Charges Agridime and Its Co-Founders with a Fraudulent Cattle Scheme

The complaint alleges the defendants engaged in a scheme to defraud thousands of customers in at least 14 states.

Wed May 15 2024

Pasture & Range Conditions as of 5/12/24
Pasture & Range Conditions
Pasture & Range Conditions as of 5/12/24

47% of Pasture & Range Conditions rated 'Good to Excellent' compared to 46% Last Week and 34% Last Year.

Tue May 14 2024

Lonesome Lands: U.S. Government's Agricultural Land Grab
Lonesome Lands
Lonesome Lands: U.S. Government's Agricultural Land Grab

The Biden administration has a stated goal of conserving 30% of the U.S. land and waters by the year 2030.

Tue May 14 2024

May Hay Stocks provide Early Perspective on 2024 Hay Supply
Hay Stocks
May Hay Stocks provide Early Perspective on 2024 Hay Supply

At the national level, hay stocks were estimated to be up by more than 46% from 2023.

Tue May 14 2024

Producer Price Index shows Wholesale Inflation Surges Again
Inflation
Producer Price Index shows Wholesale Inflation Surges Again

U.S. wholesale prices jumped 0.5% in April in another sign of sticky inflation.

Tue May 14 2024

Alabama Second State to Ban Lab-Grown Meat
FAKE MEAT
Alabama Second State to Ban Lab-Grown Meat

More than 150 companies across the world sell cell cultivated meat, including 43 in the United States.

Mon May 13 2024

Corn Crop Planted & Emerged as of 5/12/24
Corn Crop
Corn Crop Planted & Emerged as of 5/12/24

49% of Corn Crop planted compared to 36% last week and the 5 Year Average of 54%.

Mon May 13 2024

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