Shayle Shagam

USDA is reporting that the nation's cattle feed lots on May 1st were feeding 12 million head. "Which was the highest May 1st number since the series began in 1996." And 2% above May 1st a year ago. USDA livestock analyst Shayle Shagam said that's partly of the result of large numbers of placements of cattle into feed lots during March, and now during April, placements were 1 ... Read Mo

A record for March placement of cattle and calves in feedlots in the history of USDA's Catalog Feed Report Series. Over 12 million head as of April 1st, that was up two percent year over year. Even with draught a major factor in this increased inventory, USDA Livestock Analyst Shayle Shagam said findings such as this, as well as increased heifer and heifer calf placements from the previous year,

The USDA recently reported the largest March 1st inventory of cattle in feedlots ever. The 12.2 million head inventory followed a huge number of placements in the feedlots during February at 9.5 million head, 9% more than a year ago. "It is at the high end of the range of what industry analysts were thinking the number was going to be," said Shayle Shagam, USDA livestock analyst, says c

The cattle herd nationwide, continues to contract, and USDA livestock analyst Shayle Shagam expects that trend to continue throughout the year. "We are looking at expectations of a continued decline of probably 1-2% in the cattle inventory during 2022 ...

2021 was a record year for U.S. meat and poultry production. So, what's the expectation when it comes to production in 2022? "We expect total meat production to be down, just fractionally at .2%, 106.6 billion pounds.  This should be the first decline since 2014." ...

In the 33 lines of summary in the USDA's early look at cattle numbers, the words "Down," or "Below" were used 17 times. The national numbers turned out lower than most industry annalists expected. Top of the summary, the inventory of all cattle and calf's in the U ...

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 ...

When it comes to the U.S. turkey sector, "About the last four years, we've seen production falling; being reflected in tighter supply of turkeys and lower stocks," Much lower stocks according to USDA livestock analyst Shayle Shagam. He said a few years ago turkey producers were reporting low prices as their production was growing faster than demand ...

The nation's beef cattle herd may be shrinking at a faster pace than some had expected. It may not be definitive at all through Friday's new USDA report of cattle feed lot numbers. "The signals continue to point towards smaller cow numbers ...

Many in the beef cattle industry think the national herd is in the middle of a reduction, which will last this year and next. "We're expecting inventory numbers to be coming down. We're about a 2% decline in 2021, and about 1% in 2022," noted Katelyn McCullock with the Livestock Marketing Information Center ...