More than adequate
Date: Jan 09 2012
Blog & Cattle Markets & Consumer ConnectionTo meet their needs, packer buyers did not have to bid quite as high for cash cattle last week, as trade occurred in the range of $120 – $122/cwt.
Category: Cattle Markets
6 million more cattle?
Date: Jan 02 2012
Cattle Markets & News ReleaseSupply and demand may seem like just concepts from a dusty book. But in today’s cattle market, those fundamentals govern profit and loss, and point toward the future.
Beginning to look a lot like Christmas…
Date: Dec 19 2011
Blog & Cattle MarketsOnly a small amount of cash trade occurred this week as packers and feeders were unable to agree upon prices. Packers are buying for two Holiday-shortened weeks that are projected to run only 32 hours of production each week.
Holiday beef shopping done?
Date: Dec 12 2011
Cattle MarketsThe live cattle market showed its first indication of seasonal weakness coming off of holiday highs. Fed cattle traded at $120 in the South and at $121 in the North, approximately $4/cwt less than the previous week.
Weekly harvest increases, still short
Date: Dec 05 2011
Cattle MarketsPackers held bids until late last week, but live cattle prices did not sag much while waiting. Packers increased harvest by 16,000 head over that weeks’ holiday-shortened numbers, but still fell well short of the previous year.
Cattle market ponderings
Date: Aug 10 2011
Blog & Cattle Markets & Premium PotentialBut ag commodities are sure showing some resiliency, particularly the two closest to our business, corn and cattle.