1. United States Cattle on Feed Up 5 Percent 2. Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.7 million head on May 1, 2021. This is the second highest May 1 inventory since the series began in 1996. 3. Placements in feedlots during April totaled 1.82 million head, 27 percent above 2020. 4. Marketings of fed cattle during April totaled 1.94 million head, 33 percent above 2020. 5. Other disappearance totaled 55,000 head during April, 21 percent below 2020. Other disappearance was the lowest for April since the series began in 1996. ...
Key Market Insights The broad market is locked in on this week’s Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, but this is no longer just a trade summit. Increasingly, the meeting is becoming tied directly to Iran, energy security, and the growing global economic fallout from disruptions through the Strai...
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