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January Cattle Inventory Report Preview

Tomorrow, the USDA will release its January Cattle Inventory Report. Given USDA’s decision to drop the July mid-year report due to budget constraints, tomorrow’s inventory report has been highly anticipated. On Monday of this week, WPI noted the significance of the upcoming report.  The next key insight into the markets will be the January cattle report which will show the size of the breeding herd, the size of the 2024 calf crop, and the number of feeder cattle outside of feedlots, i.e. calves under 500 pounds, non-replacement heifers, and steers over 500 pounds. This will be another important piece of information on the cattle inventory and is not expected to show conflicts with the Cattle on Feed report. Last year’...

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