cattle on feed

The latest USDA numbers show the size of the U.S. beef cattle herd continues to shrink.  Last week’s Cattle On Feed report shows placements into feedlots during January were down 4%, feed lot inventories on February 1st came in at 11.7 million, resu...

According to the latest numbers from NASS, all cattle inventory across the PNW slipped slightly year over year.  All cattle inventory in Idaho was estimated at 2.50 million head as of January 1st, down 2% from 2022.  Inventory of all cattle in Oregon was 1.24 million head, of...

Cattle and calves on feed for feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.7 million on January 1st.  The inventory was 3% below January 1st of last year.  That inventory included 7.03 million steers and steer calves, down 4% from the previous year.  That group accoun...

The final Cattle on Feed Report of 2022 was generally in line with pre-report estimates.  The report indicated placements in the month of November at 98% of 2021’s numbers, while marketing numbers were at 101% year-over-year.  That means as...

Recent reports from the USDA reveal current trends in the cattle markets.  American Farm Bureau Federation Economist Bernt Nelson, called the recent report bullish, with total cattle on feed coming in right around 11.4 million, down 1% year-over-year.  He note...

Last week's USDA cattle on feed report had even more evidence that supplies of fed cattle are shrinking and could eventually lead to a decline in beef production.  This, the USDA notes, has already appeared in higher prices up and down the chain.  USDA li...

A record for March placement of cattle and calves in feedlots in the history of USDA's Catalog Feed Report Series. Over 12 million head as of April 1st, that was up two percent year over year. Even with draught a major factor in this increased inventory, USDA Livestock Analyst Shayle Shagam said findings such as this, as well as increased heifer and heifer calf placements from the previous year,

Placements were the story of USDA’s most recent Cattle on Feed Report. Placements were up 9% year-over-year, driven primarily by the poor pasture conditions in the Plains region. Derrell Peel, livestock economist, says cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the U.S. fo ...

The USDA recently reported the largest March 1st inventory of cattle in feedlots ever. The 12.2 million head inventory followed a huge number of placements in the feedlots during February at 9.5 million head, 9% more than a year ago. "It is at the high end of the range of what industry analysts were thinking the number was going to be," said Shayle Shagam, USDA livestock analyst, says c

According to the USDA, cattle numbers nationwide declined 2% during the most recent inventory count, while cattle numbers across the Pacific Northwest held steady. As of January 1st, the herd size in Idaho was estimated at 2.55 million, up 2% year over year ...