Feeder Cattle Reports

US cattle rise before USDA report, up for week

U.S. cattle futures settled higher Friday, and up slightly for the week, on short-covering while investors waited for this week's cash cattle sales and U.S. Department of Agriculture's cattle inventory report later Friday, analysts said. ... Full story.

U.S. feeder cattle hit all-time high as corn slumps

U.S. feeder cattle futures rose to a record high for a second straight day on Friday amid tight supplies and another day of steep declines in corn futures, which would slash feed costs. ... Full story.

US feeder cattle hit all-time high as corn plunges

U.S. feeder cattle futures surged to a record high at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Thursday in reaction to ideas larger-than-expected corn supplies will reduce feed costs and increase demand by feedlots. ... Full story.

National Feeder Cattle: Calf weak, cash trade lower

Compared to last week, feeder cattle and calf prices were uneven but mostly weak to 3.00 lower which marked the first week of predominantly lower cash feeder markets since late September. ... Full story.

Global economy concerns pressure cash cattle prices

Compared to last week, feeder cattle and calf prices were very uneven and very regionalized with the only consistency being that Thursday’s collapse of commodity markets from global economy concerns definitely pressured cash prices. ... Full story.

U.S. livestock review: Cattle futures fall on lower short-term meat demand

U.S. livestock futures fell Thursday as both the pork and beef industries faced uncertainty about autumn meat demand. ... Full story.

U.S. cattle: Futures fall on lower beef prices, ahead of cash trade

U.S. live cattle futures fell in trading Thursday on weaker demand signals and as traders waited for the bulk of this week's cash trade to get started. ... Full story.

Fall run underway as light weight calves hit the market

The drought is not over yet, and the fall run in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Kansas is under way. Most places south of I-70 are dry, with a big volume of light weight calves coming to town. ... Full story.

Schwieterman: High cattle placements may allow more selling early this week

Live cattle futures closed modestly higher on Friday, but were off 4.80 for the week in the October contract. Friday’s on feed report showed a larger than expected placement number of more than 1.9 million head. ... Full story.

Big July feedlot placements changes cattle markets: Or does it?

The most recent USDA Cattle on Feed report confirmed that the drought in the Southern Plains is having significant impacts on the producers directly affected and also on cattle markets broadly. Feedlot placements in July were 122 percent of last year, well above the average analyst expectations, though not above some estimates. The result is to push the cattle on feed inventory up to 108 percent of year ago levels. Large placements in Texas and Oklahoma confirm that much of the increase was the result of drought forced movement of cattle. ... Full story.

Crop markets called higher on Monday

Corn futures are called 8 to 9 cents higher. Overnight trade at 6:45 am CT is 8 to 8 3/4 cents higher. Outside market support and continued talk of lower corn yields this week will be supportive. ... Full story.

U.S. livestock review: Cattle rise on broad-market rally

U.S. live cattle and lean hog futures both shrugged off bearish signals on Monday and rose in trading during broad strength in stocks and commodities. ... Full story.