Total on-feed inventory to start the year was estimated at a little over 11.8 million head, which is down by just under 1% ...

U.S. calf crop was estimated at 33.5 million head, down slightly from previous year. USDA NASS says the number of cattle on ...

Drop in cattle on feed numbers came as no surprise to livestock economists as headwinds remain, Dave Bergmeier writes.

U.S. cattle placements fell during December. The USDA says 1.642 million cattle entered U.S. feedlots last month, a decline 3% on the year. That was below the range of pre-report expectations, ...

The live (LEJ25) and feeder cattle (GFH25) futures markets and the cash cattle (LEY00) market are scoring all-time highs on a ...

The latest Cattle Inventory Report confirms what many in the livestock industry have anticipated: the U.S. cattle herd ...

According to the Cattle Inventory report, all cattle and calves in the United States on Jan. 1, 2025, totaled 86.7 million ...

USDA’s Cattle on Feed Report placed the Jan. 1 feedlot inventory at 10.605 million head, 135,000 head more than the average pre-report estimate implied and 30,000 head more than year-ago.

The late-December monthly USDA cattle-on-feed report also showed declining supplies of fed cattle. The agency reported cattle and calves on feed in feedlots of 1,000 or more head totaled 12.0 ...

Anderson said when the herd rebuild finally begins, he expects to see a decline in cattle on feed as a result. “As numbers decline, then cattle will likely be on feed fewer days as packers try ...

Cattle on Feed data will be released on Friday afternoon, with analysts surveyed by Reuters estimating December placements steady with a year ago, with the typical wide range of estimates from ...