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Cattle Market 2024 Retrospective and 2025 Outlook

This week marks the end of 2024, and the beginning of 2025.  Indeed, 2024 was a notable year in the cattle markets with implications to carry over into next year.  The U.S. cattle inventory entered 2024 at the lowest level since 1951, with the supply of feeder cattle outside feedlots at its lowest since the previous low in 2014, the trough of the current cattle cycle.Despite that, beef production in 2024 is estimated to be 27.035 billion pounds, which would be up from the 2023 production of 26.967 billion pounds, and well above the beginning of the year forecast of 25.99 billion pounds. Increased beef production came about from heavier slaughter weights and more time on feed, driven by cheaper feed. Also playing a role was the gro...

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