Packer margins jump higher, feeding margins bleak
Higher wholesale beef prices helped drive beef packer margins significantly higher last week, but cattle feeding margins saw only minimal improvement. Average pork producer margins remain positive. FULL STORY »LATEST NEWS
Corn market reacted poorly to the Crop Progress dataPacker margins jump higher, feeding margins bleak
New animal identification rules aid disease traceability
Oklahoma producers have access to new OQBN tool
Survey reveals most Americans in favor of COOL
Oil ends higher on weaker dollar, supplies weigh
Purdue's beef evaluation program receives 10,000th bull
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Oklahoma State University Extension | May 17, 2013
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Oklahoma State University Extension | May 17, 2013
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How high do you expect Choice Boxed Beef prices to reach this summer?
STERLING PROFIT TRACKER
- Packer margins jump higher, feeding margins bleak
- Cattle feeding losses exceed $100, packers in the black
- Feeding margins take a step backwards, packing margins improve
- Feeding, packing margins continue improvement
- Margins improve for cattle feeders, packers
- Losses increase for cattle feeders and packers
MARKETS
- Oil ends higher on weaker dollar, supplies weigh
- Corn planting pace turns from record slow to record fast
- Ag markets seemed to follow gold higher Monday afternoon
- Online systems keeps exporters abreast of market regulations
- Meat and poultry trends in the U.S.
- Corn and soybean prices continue to retrace 2012 drought rally
PROFIT TIPS
- Profit Tips: Equipment - Easy pen access
- Profit Tips: Pasture Management - Consider seeding legumes
- Profit Tips: Cow-Calf - Decisions on calf implants
- Profit Tips: Facilities - Water improvements during drought
- Profit Tips: Equipment - Easy trailer hookup
- Profit Tips: Cattle Feeding - The value of carcass gain
WEATHER
- Weather report: Rain spreads across the Corn Belt
- Weather report: Thundershowers in the upper Midwest
- Drought far from over in western plains
- Weather report: Very warm in the Corn Belt
- Weather report: Very warm across the central Plains
- Weather report: Warm and dry in the West
FEEDER CATTLE
- Corn market reacted poorly to the Crop Progress data
- Ag markets seemed to follow gold higher Monday afternoon
- Boxed beef run continues; feedlot inventories down less
- Lexington Livestock Auction KY
- Blue Grass South Livestock Market
- Ag markets generally mixed to start this week
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- Corn market reacted poorly to the Crop Progress data
- Packer margins jump higher, feeding margins bleak
- New animal identification rules aid disease traceability
- Oklahoma producers have access to new OQBN tool
- Survey reveals most Americans in favor of COOL
- Oil ends higher on weaker dollar, supplies weigh
- Michigan hay buyers should plan purchases early
- U.S. cattle placements rise in April as feed costs subside
- Ag markets were mixed to start the new week
- Corn planting pace turns from record slow to record fast
- New animal identification rules aid disease traceability
- Corn and soybean prices continue to retrace 2012 drought rally
