Feeding Margins Back In the Red
Cattle feeding margins declined $34 per head last week as cash cattle prices fell $2 per cwt. That left closeouts showing average losses of $5 per head. Packer margins gained $10 per head to $174,...
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Feedlot Margins Better, Packer Margins Slip
Average feedlot margins topped $28 per head last, some $5 better than the previous week due to cash prices mostly $1 higher at $108 per cwt. Packer margins fell $13 per head, but remain near $263,...
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Cash Steady, But Closeouts See More Red
Fed steers in a feedlot. © Wyatt Bechtel Cash cattle traded at steady money last week, $111 per cwt., but feeding margins declined $17 per head, according to the Sterling Beef Profit Tracker. Feedyard...
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The Run Continues: December 2018 Cattle on Feed Up 2% Over Year Prior
A standoff between packers and cattle feeders has slowed cash trade for the third straight week. By Sara Brown Farm Journal Livestock and Production Editor In November 2018, U.S. feedlots set a new...
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Profit Tracker: Feedyard Margins Solid
Note: It is acknowledged that winter weather has increased cost of gain for many feedyards in the Midwest. Sterling Marketing president John Nalivka says the Beef Profit Tracker is “intended as a...
View ArticleLarger Feedlots Increase, Smaller Lots Decline, Census Says
U.S. feedlots with more than 500 cattle on feed increased in numbers 12% during the five year period between 2012 and 2017, according to the 2017 Census of Agriculture. Over the same period, feedlots...
View ArticleCotton byproduct may fit in feedlot diets
Cotton byproducts have been utilized in diets for grazing beef cattle and dairy cattle, but limited research has been done in feedlot settings. With cotton production in the southwestern U.S....
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August placements lower than expected
Feedlot inventory in line with pre-report analyst estimates. Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the U.S. for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 head or more totaled 11.0 million head on...
View ArticleFeedlot placements less than expected
Apparently the flexibility enabled by widespread forage availability, combined with uncertainty about prices, helped keep August feedlot placements lower compared to a year earlier, according to the...
View ArticleFeedlot inventories peaking?
Economist says plenty of new-crop calves will be marketed this fall, with feeder supplies ample through 2020. Does the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) “Cattle on Feed” report suggest...
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Fall run placements getting heavier
Over the years, this column has provided some focus on shifting placement patterns among U.S. feedyards. Most significant within that emphasis being that cattle on the upper end of the placement...
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Annual feedyard marketings: Heavier placements rule
The focus of last week’s Industry At A Glance was on the longer-run feedyard placement patterns in the United States. Most important, cattle on the upper end of the placement weight range (greater...
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Feedlot returns improving
Steer and heifer returns expected to be in the black by December. The average economic returns to feedlot operators have improved, although losses in November are still expected to be $69.79 per head...
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Here's why modern feedyards are vital to producing beef
I doubt many readers missed it. But in the event you did, or need a refresher, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) recently announced his intention to overhaul the meat industry. That would result from...
View ArticleThe last time the Cattle on Feed report grew 9% from the previous year
For the first time since 2006 the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Cattle on Feed report showed a year-over-year increase of 9%. The total inventory for 1,000 or more head feedlots was 11.72 million...
View ArticleAt Hamburger Central, Antibiotics for Cattle That Aren’t Sick
Read the entire New York Times article by Danny Hakim here. Many industrial feedlots see routine use of antibiotics as essential. Some cattlemen disagree, calling them “performance enhancing drugs.”...
View ArticleFeedlot Manager Admits to Stealing More Than $62,000 in Cattle Sales
A cattle manager at a Texas feedlot has pled guilty to stealing more than 95 head of cattle from his employer. Jeffery Dean Provence, 52, of Texico, New Mexico turned himself into authorities on June...
View ArticleBartlett Exits Cattle Feeding; Green Plains Expands to 355,000 Head
Green Plains Inc. is continuing to grow its cattle feeding segment with the purchase of Bartlett Cattle Co. Bartlett & Co. agreed to sell its two feedlots to Green Plains Cattle Company for $16...
View ArticleFeeding Margins Back In the Red
Cattle feeding margins declined $34 per head last week as cash cattle prices fell $2 per cwt. That left closeouts showing average losses of $5 per head. Packer margins gained $10 per head to $174,...
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Feedlot Margins Better, Packer Margins Slip
Average feedlot margins topped $28 per head last, some $5 better than the previous week due to cash prices mostly $1 higher at $108 per cwt. Packer margins fell $13 per head, but remain near $263,...
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