Kooima says the Cattle on Feed Report placements came in at 97.4%, which was actually the lowest figure in the last 10 years, next to the COVID year. On feed was at 98.5% and marketings at 97.5%.

Cow-calf producers are advised to avoid selling calves in October because this is usually the lowest price in the fall.

In its latest monthly Cattle on Feed Report released Friday, the Agriculture Department said that new placements were down 7.8 percentage points for the month ended June 1 versus the same month last ...

Cattle and hogs higher early Monday, grains are mixed. Brad Kooima, Kooima Kooima Varilek, says cattle futures gapped higher on the open shaking off the bearish Cattle on Feed Report numbers.

Cattle on Feed. According to today’s monthly Cattle on Feed report, USDA estimates that all cattle and calves on feed were 11.6 million head on Oct. 1, 2024, slightly below year-ago levels. Placements ...

The report showed U.S. cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.4 million head on May 1. The inventory was 2% below May 1, 2024.

The report on cattle and calves on feed for the processing market in the U.S. for feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.8 million head on Jan. 1, 2025, which was 1% below ...

Live cattle futures rallied on Thursday, with gains of $1.45 to $2.15 across the front months. Preliminary open interest was up another 3,492 contracts. Cash trade started was reported at $230-231 ...

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