Shayle Shagam

If you're going to be shopping for some chicken to put on the grill this Memorial Day weekend, you may see prices a lot higher than this time a year ago. Or maybe not. One thing is certain though, the prices supermarkets at wholesale for chicken is very much higher than a year ago as supplies available have been below year ago levels and more restaurants and hotels are opening back up creating mor

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 ...

Dairies across the U.S. continue to add cows to the herd, and produce more milk. USDA reports last month's production at 17.6 billion pounds, which is down 1.5% from February 2020. But, keep in mind, last year was Leap Year, meaning an extra day in February ...

American table egg producers have been riding a wholesale price roller coaster over the past few years. 2019 prices only averaging about 96 cents per dozen, then when we got to early 2020. "We had this sudden surge in retail buy-in as consumers faced with stay-at-home orders went to the grocery stores to stock up on perishable items such as eggs," USDA Livestock Analyst, Shayle Shagam, s

Who's making money, and who isn't making money, in the beef cattle business? When starting at the end point and working backwards, margins are quite firm. USDA Livestock Analyst, Shayle Shagam, said as far as cattle feed lots, those margins have been up and down all year ...

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's most recent cattle feed lot report shows a lot of activity nationwide. First, the inventory of cattle and calves in feedlots (with capacity of 1,000 head or more) was 11.4 million head as of September 1st. According to USDA Livestock Analyst Shayle Shagam, that was the highest inventory level since 1996 ...

Taking a look at the USDA's most recent cattle report, markets are fairly neutral at this point. Livestock Analyst, Shayle Shagam, said figures from July 1st of this year are very similar to numbers from July 1st 2019, despite the supply chain disruptions we've seen ...

Are you planning a big 4th of July cookout?  Well, according to the USDA's Livestock Analyst Shayle Shagam you won't have to worry about finding your favorite meat items at the supermarket.  "We have seen production increase around the very low low levels we saw at the beginning of May." Shaga ...

Beef supply numbers are rising to levels we have not seen for several months. After April and early May's meat processing plant closures and slowdowns things began to turn around, "We began to see more and more plants coming online, we began to see more resilient speeds ...