Monthly Reports
USDA lowers beef production forecast
According to the USDA's latest WASDE report, the 2012 forecast of total meat and poultry production is raised from last month as higher broiler and turkey production is expected to more than offset lower forecast beef production.
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More heifers in feedyards
Last Friday’s Cattle on Feed report shows feedyard inventories as of February 1st up 2 percent from a year ago. Placements during January were down 2 percent and January marketings were up 2 percent from those during January, 2011. Somewhat surprisingly, the report lists the number of heifers on feed in operations with capacity for 1,000 head or more at 4.5 million head, up 6 percent from a year ago.
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Oklahoma Cattle on Feed down 5 percent
The Oklahoma inventory of cattle on feed for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head, totaled 355 thousand head on February 1, 2012, down 5 percent from both the previous month and previous year.
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Texas Cattle on Feed up 1 percent
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in Texas feedlots with capacity of 1 thousand head or more totaled 2.9 million head on February 1, up 1 percent from a year ago.
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Idaho Cattle on Feed up 2 percent
Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in Idaho from feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head on February 1, 2012 totaled 235,000 head, up 2 percent from the previous year, according to the USDA's Cattle on Feed report from the National Agricultural Statistics Service.
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Iowa Cattle on Feed down 1 percent
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in Iowa for all feedlots totaled 1.38 million head on February 1, 2012, according to the USDA's latest Cattle on Feed report from the National Agricultural Statistics Service, Iowa Field Office.
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Nebraska Cattle on Feed up 4 percent
Nebraska feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.57 million cattle on feed on February 1, according to the USDA’s latest Cattle on Feed report from the National Agricultural Statistics, Nebraska Field Office.
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Kansas Cattle on Feed down 2 percent
According to the Kansas Agricultural Statics release of their state's Cattle on Feed report, the number of cattle on feed on February 1, 2012 in Kansas feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity totaled 2.23 million head, down 2 percent from a year ago and down 1 percent from January 1, 2012. This is the lowest February inventory since 2003.
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Iowa Cattle on Feed down 6 percent
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in Iowa for all feedlots totaled 1.30 million head on January 1, 2011, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Iowa Field Office.
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Oklahoma Cattle on Feed unchanged
The Oklahoma inventory of cattle on feed for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head, totaled 375 thousand head on January 1, 2012, down 3 percent from the previous month but unchanged from January 1, 2011.
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Idaho Cattle on Feed down 4 percent
Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in Idaho from feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head on January 1, 2012 totaled 230,000 head, down 4 percent from the previous year, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service.
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