USDA released the monthly Cattle on Feed report today; it was right in line with analysts’ pre-report consensus expectations making it neutral and an indication that the market is stabilizing. Following is a summary and breakdown of today’s report.
As we noted yesterday in the preview of the Cattle on Feed report, even though inventory was up from last year, it was down 81,000 head from last month. Placements were also down from last month and the lowest since July, which could be supportive of the feeder cattle market into the spring. Looking at inventory by state for states with more than 1 million head feedlot inventories shows Texas and Kansas up from year ago levels, and Colorado and Nebraska down.
Other signif...
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