January 2019 Cattle Feeding Projections Welcome to the New Year! January has been a little bit confusing from a cattle feeding standpoint thus far. Mother Nature continues to throw her punches and keeps us all on our toes. Bedding and barns have sure become a hot commodity. The Live Cattle Futures have many of us […]

December 2018 Cattle Feeding Projections The month of December is proving to be an up and down ride for many cattle feeding operations.  Looking to the challenges we have faced this month include a very tight supply of distillers grains resulting in many high priced loads of distillers being delivered to the feedlot.  The ethanol […]

November Cattle Feeding Projections Another month of cattle feeding and crazy weather! November projections still seemingly pointed up and down depending on how well managed one can maintain their cattle and facilities and manage their risk. Some items to note for November: Cattle continue to trickle in amongst farmers trying to get the remaining crop […]

Oct. 2018 Cattle Projections   Oct. 2018 Profit Projection News:   Native Cattle: Estimated cattle on feed reports continue to climb month over month with this past month being no different. The cattle on feed live cattle marketing report that came up this past Friday was once again up 5% over the past year totaling […]

September 2018 FAF Cattle Feeding Projections Year-to-date domestic production data through the end of last week as compared to 2017: Federally inspected slaughter +2.7%, 22.331 million head Cow slaughter +7.0%, 9.769 million head Carcass weight +0.3%, 812 pounds Beef production +3.0%, 18.125 billion pounds Changes month over month on our feeding projections: Mostly stronger feeder […]

August 2018 Cattle Feeding Projections Year-to-date domestic production data through the end of last week as compared to 2017: Federally inspected slaughter +2.9%, 19.184 million head Cow slaughter +6.8%, 9.174 million head Carcass weight +0.4%, 810 pounds Beef production +3.3%, 15.545 billion pounds   Changes month over month on our feeding projections: Softer feeder cattle […]

July 2018 Cattle Feeding Projections Year-to-date domestic production data through the end of last week as compared to 2017: Federally inspected slaughter +3.0%, 17.278 million head Cow slaughter +6.8%, 8.836 million head Carcass weight +0.4%, 810 pounds Beef production +3.5%, 13.999 billion pounds   Changes month over month on our feeding projections: Stronger feeder cattle […]

June 2018 Cattle Feeding Projections Year-to-date domestic production data through the end of last week as compared to 2017: Federally inspected slaughter +3.1%, 14.102 million head Cow slaughter +7.8%, 2.495 million head Carcass weight +0.6%, 812 pounds Beef production +3.7%, 11.452 billion pounds   Changes month over month on our feeding projections: Firmer feeder cattle […]

May 2018 Cattle Feeding Projections Year-to-date domestic production data through the end of last week as compared to 2017: Federally inspected slaughter +2.5%, 11.528 million head Cow slaughter +7.7%, 2.031 million head Carcass weight +0.7%, 817 pounds Beef production +3.2%, 9.417 billion pounds   A few items of note regarding changes in how our monthly […]

Cattle Feeding Projections – April 2018 Year-to-date domestic production data through the end of last week as compared to 2017: Federally inspected slaughter +2.2%, 8.374 million head Cow slaughter +7.3%, 1.444 million head Carcass weight +0.6%, 823 pounds Beef production +2.9%, 6.891 billion pounds A few items of note regarding changes in how our monthly […]

Cattle Feeding Projections – March 2018 Large sections of the southern plains and the southwest have been experiencing dry conditions since the fourth quarter of 2017 (25% of the domestic cattle inventory is within areas experiencing drought). This has reduced the availability of wheat pasture for grazing and pushed more of the lighter feeder cattle […]

Cattle Feeding Projections – February 2018 The January 1 USDA Cattle Report delivered the expected news of a larger cattle herd over the year prior, though numbers were at the lower end of pre-report estimates. A few highlights: All cattle and calves +0.7% year over year. Beef cows and heifers calved +1.6% year over year […]