11/06/2009 03:18PM
I am not sure you can say that September weather was like November but
so far it seems that we are having September in November in Oklahoma.
After an unusually wet and cold September and October, the weather has
finally dried out and warmed up.
10/23/2009 03:06PM
The good news is that there is some good news in cattle and beef
markets this last week. Choice boxed beef prices improved $3+/cwt. this
week and were nearly matched dollar for dollar with stronger fed cattle
prices.
10/16/2009 02:14PM
More years than not, a September rain in Oklahoma will result in higher
stocker cattle prices because the challenge of establishing wheat
pasture is usually one of not enough moisture. This year, wetter and
cooler than normal conditions much of the time since August have
delayed stocker cattle demand for wheat pasture.
10/09/2009 03:03PM
Cull cows have the most pronounced seasonal price pattern of any class
of cattle and one of the most reliable patterns as well. Cull cow
prices typically bottom in late October through November and rise from
December through the first half of the year.
10/02/2009 02:30PM
Field conditions in Oklahoma range widely from fields that have just
dried down enough to plant to other areas that need a rain to get
planted. Most of the state has had some moisture in the past few weeks
and, with the exception of the northwest corner of the state, there is
deep moisture even where the surface is dry enough to need another rain.
09/18/2009 02:40PM
Fed cattle markets continue to struggle with lackluster boxed beef
holding fed cattle prices in check. Live and feeder cattle futures
dropped late in the week along with boxed beef prices. Friday’s Cattle
on Feed report is not likely to change the situation much.
08/28/2009 04:15PM
The contrast in market indications and producer expectations for winter
wheat grazing in the Southern Plains could not be more dramatic than
2009 compared to last year. A quick review of the expectations as well
as the outcomes from last year is useful.
08/21/2009 04:18PM
USDA’s August Cattle on Feed report showed larger than expected July
placements, at 113 percent of last year. July marketings were 95
percent of one year ago, on par with pre-report expectations.
08/14/2009 03:44PM
Cattle markets are in the summer doldrums and are mostly marking time until fall without a lot of trend or direction. The biggest bad news is of course, the continued weakness in boxed beef prices that are keeping fed cattle prices trapped in lower $80/cwt. range. By-product values