Livestock U.S. Beef Exports Continue on Record Run When 2020 finally comes to an end, it will likely be remembered as the year when U.S. beef and beef products firmly reestablished their presence in the China market. In May, a total of 1,670.6 MT left U.S. ports for the Middle Kingdom with a total value of $13.19 million. Since the reopening of the market in summer of 2017, May’s monthly figures marked the second best month and the highest since last December. Through the first five months of 2020, total beef and beef product exports to China have amounted to 4,925.6 MT worth $38.90 million. That compares to annual totals of 10,637.6 MT and $86.10 million for all of 2019. The average export value for May was $3.58/lb. down from $3.8...
What You Need to Know Today: The corn and soybean markets closed slightly higher in low-volume trade. The wheat market was mixed, with HRW continuing its downward trek on improved moisture. As expected, the bearish cattle on feed report drove down cattle prices and pulled hogs down with it. Mi...
Monday, 25 May is a U.S. holiday, and both the markets and our office will be closed. Please note that the next issue of Ag Perspectives will be published on Tuesday, 26 May. The WPI staff wishes everyone a safe and enjoyable holiday weekend...
USDA’s monthly cattle on feed report was released today. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity amounted to 11.6 million head, 102 percent of last year. Source: USDA, WPI Placements were up, but part of that is attributable to persistent drought c...
From WPI Consulting
Communicating importance of value-added products
Facing increasing pressure to quantify the value of export promotion efforts to investors, a U.S. industry organization retained WPI to develop a quantitative model that better communicated the importance of exports. The resulting model concluded that value-added meat exports contributed $0.45 cents per bushel to the price of corn, increasing support for that sector’s financial support of WPI’s client. In addition to serving the red meat industry with this type of analysis, WPI has generated similar deliverables for the U.S. soybean and poultry/egg industries.