Yesterday’s Word Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report marginally increased its forecast by 0.6 percent for total red meat and broiler production compared to the September forecast. Only turkey production was down slightly by 0.2 percent from September and down 6.4 percent year-over-year due to HPAI (as we covered here).
Pork was raised on higher slaughter over Q3; no changes were made for Q4 estimated slaughter. Beef production is up on heavier slaughter weights and the pace of slaughter, but given the slaughter volumes year-to-date, catalyzed by drought conditions that pulled placements forward, fed cattle supplies will start to contract in November and December, which should be bullish for cattle prices extendi...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
Tomorrow is the Juneteenth federal holiday, and the USDA, along with the rest of the federal government and the CME, will be closed, so the monthly Cattle on Feed report was released a day early. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity on 1 June amounted...
