Cattle Prices

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02/06/2012 6:00:00 AM

2012 promises to be quite a year for the U.S. beef business, with the cow-calf sector poised for record returns and incentive for growth, analysts told a standing-room crowd at the Cattle-Fax Annual Outlook Conference during the Cattle Industry Convention last week. ... Full story.

Cattle prices drop slightly this week

08/26/2011 6:00:00 AM

USDA reports cattle trade on Thursday with finished steers and heifers averaging just under $113 per hundredweight, down about a dollar from last-week’s prices. ... Full story.

Feedlot placements may have risen to record in July amid drought

08/17/2011 6:30:00 AM

The number of cattle sent to feedlots for fattening may have reached an all-time high last month as severe drought in the Southern U.S. Plains forced ranchers to move young animals off withered pastures. ... Full story.

Cattle Outlook: Calf crop predicted down for 16th year

07/29/2011 3:09:39 PM

USDA's July cattle inventory report said the midyear cattle inventory was down 1.1% compared to July 1, 2010 and predicted the 2011 calf crop would total 35.5 million head, down 0.5% from last year, down for the 16th consecutive year, and the smallest calf crop since 1950. ... Full story.

July 1 cattle inventory down 1 percent

07/22/2011 2:05:02 PM

All cattle and calves in the United States as of July 1, 2011, totaled 100.0 million head, 1 percent below the 101.1 million on July 1, 2010. ... Full story.

U.S. livestock review: Cattle futures fall on signs of shrinking meat demand

07/20/2011 3:17:18 PM

Live cattle futures also fell Wednesday on lower wholesale beef prices and growing concerns theat heat wave is boosting supplies as animal producers try to avoid overheating animals. ... Full story.

United States Cattle on Feed up 4 percent

06/17/2011 2:04:23 PM

Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 10.9 million head on June 1, 2011. The inventory was 4 percent above June 1, 2010. ... Full story.

Kansas Cattle on Feed up 2 percent

05/20/2011 3:10:01 PM

The number of cattle on feed on May 1, 2011 in Kansas feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity totaled 2.17 million head, up 2 percent from a year ago but down 1 percent from April 1. Placements during April totaled 380,000 head, up 21 percent from April 2010 but down 8 percent from March. ... Full story.

Idaho Cattle on Feed up 10 Percent

05/20/2011 3:10:28 PM

Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in Idaho from feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head on May 1, 2011 totaled 230,000 head, up 10 percent from the previous year, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service. ... Full story.

Nebraska Cattle on Feed up 6 percent

05/20/2011 3:05:04 PM

Nebraska feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.37 million cattle on feed on May 1, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Nebraska Field Office. The inventory was up 6 percent from last year. ... Full story.

Cattle Outlook: March beef exports up 47 percent

05/13/2011 3:35:42 PM

Beef exports during March totaled 245.288 million pounds, up 46.5% compared to a year earlier and the second largest monthly total ever behind 259.2 million pounds exported in June 2003. Beef imports during March totaled 175.01 million pounds, down 21.0% from 12 months earlier. ... Full story.

Monday Market Sentiment: Industry leaders predict lower cash cattle prices this week

02/22/2011 9:56:01 AM

A survey of cattle-industry leaders suggests the average price for cash cattle will decrease $0.18 to $109.57 per cwt this week. The Monday Market Sentiment is a forecast of the upcoming weekly cash trade (5-Area weighted average price) prices reported by the USDA. ... Full story.

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