USDA will release its Cattle on Feed report tomorrow and the consensus pre-report analysts’ estimate is for the inventory of cattle on feed to be 100 percent of the prior year. If correct, this would be the fifth consecutive month that inventories were equal to or larger than the previous year. From September 2022 through October 2023, feedlot inventories were consistently below year ago levels.
The analysts’ pre-report estimates have marketings at 100 percent of last year and placements down to 88 percent of last year.
If the consensus average estimate for placements is correct, it would be the lowest January placement level since 2007. If placements come in near the low end of the range, they would be only sl...
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The common ostrich (Struthio camelus), or simply ostrich, is a species of flightless bird native to certain areas of Africa (and historically, Arabia) and is the largest living species of bird. The common ostrich is one of two extant species of ostriches, the only living members of the genus St...
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