Cattle on Feed Preview USDA will release its monthly cattle on feed report tomorrow. Pre-report estimates from the industry peg the total number of cattle on feed as of 1 December at 102.1 percent of last year. If accurate the number of cattle on feed are back above year ago levels for the 35th time in the last 37 months, and it would be the largest January inventory since 2008.
The average trade guess for marketings in December comes in a 105.3 percent of December 2018. December placements are anticipated to be 103.3 percent of last year, but the industry guestimates have a wide range from the same as last year, up to 106 percent of year ago placements. December 2019 had one more weekday than December 2018. The December pl...
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...
