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Last Week's Trade: $125.37
Change: +$0.03
This Week's Winner:
Shelby Jones, Ranger Feeders
*Click here for contest rules
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Cattle on Feed numbers remain lower
USDA-NASS released the monthly Cattle on Feed report on May 17, 2013. The report documented cattle and calves on feed on May 1 for slaughter market in the U.S. for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 head or more, cattle placements on feed during April, and fed cattle marketings during April. Prior to the report, news agencies such as Dow-Jones and Bloomberg survey industry market analysts for their predictions of the three categories.
INDUSTRY HEADLINES
- D.C. Watch: Farm bill progressing (05/20/2013)
- Beef exports depend on quality reputation (05/21/2013)
- Monday Market Sentiment: Weekly predictions may show market peak (05/21/2013)
- Corn planting pace turns from record slow to record fast (05/21/2013)
- U.S. food labels seen heating up North America meat war (05/21/2013)
- USMEF board meeting kicks off Wednesday in D.C. (05/21/2013)
- Survey reveals most Americans in favor of COOL (05/21/2013)
- Packer margins jump higher, feeding margins bleak (05/21/2013)
- Boxed beef run continues; feedlot inventories down less (05/20/2013)