feedlot placements

With inventory levels hanging on as grilling season approaches, it’s a fascinating time to be a beef lover in the Northwest.

The latest USDA numbers show the size of the U.S. beef cattle herd continues to shrink.  Last week’s Cattle On Feed report shows placements into feedlots during January were down 4%, feed lot inventories on February 1st came in at 11.7 million, resu...

The final Cattle on Feed Report of 2022 was generally in line with pre-report estimates.  The report indicated placements in the month of November at 98% of 2021’s numbers, while marketing numbers were at 101% year-over-year.  That means as...

When looking at NASS' most recent cattle inventory report, "The numbers are dropping," noted USDA Livestock Analyst Shayle Shagam.  "Both lower cow numbers and lower replacement numbers." And, he added, higher numbers of females being put into feed lots.  Sh...

Friday's USDA Cattle Feedlot Report provides more evidence that the cattle market is tightening up.  USDA livestock analyst Shayle Shagam said that as of June 1st, the nation's feed lots with 1000 or more head capacity, had an inventory of 11.8 mi...

There were a lot of cattle in feedlots the New Year started. USDA reporting that on January 1st inventory was 12 million head, that will be up 1% from January 2021. "...and would be the second highest inventory number for the month since the survey began in 1996," noted USDA livestock analyst, Shayle Shagam ...

Late last week, the USDA announced the the second highest cattle feedlot inventory on record. The Department reported 11.9 million head as of early March, a 5% year over year increase. Livestock Analyst Shayle Shagam, says there are a couple of factors helping to boost placements in March ...

Big numbers in Friday's USDA report on cattle feedlots with capacities of 1000 head or more. For example just under two and a quarter head were placed in to feedlots in September. That's on the high end of industry expectations; 6% higher than September 2019 ...

The USDA said placements of cattle in feedlots during July totaled 1.892 million head, 11% higher than in July of 2019. That number is larger than what industry experts had predicted going into last Friday’s report. Feeding operations needed supplies, especially cattle that could be turned around in a short time. Most ...

Most private cattle trade analysts expected the USDA's most recent cattle on feed report to show November cattle placements in feedlots to be only about 1% higher year over year.  What they got was a placement number 5% higher than a year ago just under 2.1 million...