Cattle on feed numbers are increasing seasonally, with 11.90 million head reported as of Nov. 1, up 3 percent from Oct. 1, although down slightly year over year. The St. Louis feed index indicates that cattle feed pricing was largely unchanged in October but [...]
The runup in corn pricing outpaced higher coproduct values, which led net corn cost to average almost $2.16 in December, up 2 percent from a month prior and up about 2 percent YOY. The coproduct credit averaged $2.35 in December, up 7 percent from [...]
The U.S. had 11.7 million head of cattle on feed as of Mar. 1, up almost 9 percent from a year ago. March was the fourth month in a row to reflect at least an 8 percent year-over-year increase in cattle on feed, by [...]
