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  • high cattle placement rates impact cattle prices
    Apr. 20, 2013
    Article

    Higher Placements Are Puzzling…And Bearish

    Cattle feeders placed 6% more cattle on feed in March, more than most everyone expected....More
  • cattle prices continue lower
    Apr. 20, 2013
    Article

    Cattle Prices Continue Lower 1

    Feeder cattle sold $3-$7/cwt. lower and calves traded $5-$10/cwt. lower as cattle futures and cash fed cattle prices struggled beneath the weight of neagative outside markets and unseasonably cool weather....More
  • cattle price and beef market update
    Apr. 17, 2013
    video

    Meat Market Update Featuring Ed Czerwien | April 17

    Ed Czerwien, USDA Market News reporter in Amarillo, TX, looks at this week's boxed beef trade and how it impacts the cattle market and beef prices in his weekly Meat Market Update for BEEF Magazine....More
  • Apr. 15, 2013
    Article

    U.S. Beef, Pork Promotion Travels Around Korea

    South Korea is taking a different approach to marketing U.S. beef and pork products. The program, sponsored by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF), cooperates with local meat distributors in a cost-effective measure to reach 10 million consumers in Seoul via delivery trucks....More
  • Apr. 14, 2013
    Article

    Beef Trade Issues & Challenges

    USDA reports on U.S. livestock and meat international trade data, which highlights both challenges and opportunities....More
  • calf prices continue lower
    Apr. 13, 2013
    Article

    Calf-Feeder Markets Trend Lower On Weather & Demand

    Calves traded $4-$8 lower and feeders weak to $5 lower on diminished buyer interest as lingering winter weather delays pasture development and any spark in consumer beef demand....More
  • Apr. 11, 2013
    video

    Meat Market Update With Ed Czerwien | April 11

    Ed Czerwien, USDA Market News reporter in Amarillo, TX, looks at this week's boxed beef trade and how it impacts the current cattle market....More
  • cattle prices should move higher
    Apr. 6, 2013
    Article

    Cattle Market Fundamentals Point Up And Down

    Plenty of challenges exist in the current cattle market, but there are reasons to believe cattle prices can move higher in coming months....More
  • considerations for grazing drought pastures
    Apr. 6, 2013
    Article

    Recent Moisture Helps…If It Continues

    Though recent moisture makes it tempting, producers need to be careful about grazing pastures too hard. Any lost forage production during the critical growing season over the next three months will jeopardize prospects for the remainder of the year....More
  • corn prices drop, cattle prices go up
    Apr. 6, 2013
    Article

    Cattle Prices Lifted By Corn Price Plunge

    The break in corn prices lifted cash and futures cattle prices for most of the week. At the end, concerns about beef demand took cattle futures lower....More
  • japan beef export trade talks
    Mar. 31, 2013
    Article

    Coalition Pushes For Japan Trade Talks

    A coalition of food and agricultural organizations and companies again last week urged the U.S. and other countries in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations to quickly welcome Japan into the trade talks....More
  • beef demand will determine beef supply, beef prices
    Mar. 30, 2013
    Article

    Beef Demand Will Determine Supply-Side Price Strength

    Supply-side fundamentals remain supportive of cattle prices and beef prices. It's beef demand that will determine how high cattle markets can go....More
  • 2013 cron crop will be record large
    Mar. 30, 2013
    Article

    Corn Crop Could Be Record-Large

    Corn producers intend to plant 97.3 million acres of corn for all purposes this year, the most since 1936. At trend yield, that would produce 14.6 billion bu....More
  • corn drops limit with planting intentions
    Mar. 30, 2013
    Article

    Cattle Prices Surge On Limit-Down Corn Move

    Cash cattle prices and futures finally rallied last week on USDA projections for a record-large corn crop, which sent corn limit down on Thursday, March 28....More
  • Mar. 28, 2013
    video

    BEEF Meat Market Update With Ed Czerwien | March 28

    Fed cattle slaughter has slacked off recently, leaving many to speculate that tight supplies are coming home to roost. However, taking a look at the boxed beef trade reveals another reason—packers have plenty of inventory in storage and can be a little more selective when they drive the alleys. Ed Czerwien with USDA Market News in Amarillo looks at the numbers....More
  • stocker cattle prices require risk management
    Mar. 26, 2013
    Article

    Good Profits, Plenty Of Risk With Stockers In 2013

    Derrell Peel suspects that tight cattle supplies are keeping beef, cattle prices propped up. However, a slowdown in beef demand due to high prices will likely set a ceiling....More
  • costco wholesale supermarket news
    Mar. 25, 2013
    blog

    Price-Per-Pound Drives Consumer Beef Sales

    Costco is the nation’s largest retail seller of Prime and Choice beef, moving well over 500 million lbs./year. It doesn’t break out its beef sales, but total meat sales in fiscal 2012 were $5.1 billion....More
  • what if drought continues in cattle country
    Mar. 25, 2013
    blog

    What If The Drought Continues In 2013? 2

    What if the drought continues into 2013? Market Adviser columnist Harlan Hughes suggests that under certain drought plans it might pay to purchase feed. However, if you are considering retirement in the next 10 years, you have different options to consider....More
  • meat inspector furlough halted
    Mar. 23, 2013
    Article

    Resolution Should Prevent Meat Inspector Furloughs

    Congress passed a continuing resolution bill last week that would fund the government through the end of the current fiscal year. That resolution included an amendment from Senators Roy Blunt (R-MO) and Mark Pryor (D-AR) that shifts $55 million from USDA accounts to pay Food Safety Inspection Service inspectors until Oct. 1....More
  • U.S. beef export challenges
    Mar. 23, 2013
    Article

    Beef Markets Face International Headwinds

    On the beef side, the U.S. is still dealing with market access barriers in Saudi Arabia and significant obstacles in Russia, but there are signs for optimism in the months ahead with expanded beef access to Japan and Hong Kong that will provide a boost....More
  • feedlot placements sharply lower, cattle markets react
    Mar. 23, 2013
    Article

    Feedlot Placements Move Sharply Lower

    The average estimate heading into Friday’s monthly Cattle on Feed report was for placements to be down about 9%. Instead, placements (1.48 million head) were down a staggering 14%. Of those, 60% weighed 700 lbs. or more....More
  • cattle prices continue lower
    Mar. 23, 2013
    Article

    Cattle And Beef Prices Continue Lower

    Delayed grass season and sluggish demand pulled beef and cattle markets lower. Calves at stocker-weight cattle sold $3-$10/cwt. lower last week. Feeders traded $3-$6 lower....More
  • record cattle prices in 2013
    Mar. 21, 2013
    Article

    2013 Setting Up For Higher Cattle Prices

    As has been the case for far too long, any kind of industry outlook begins with this: “It depends on the weather.” So, while cattle price forecasts say to look for higher and higher prices for all classes of cattle, just how high they get and how long they stay there hinges on Mother Nature....More
  • Mar. 17, 2013
    Article

    Livestock, Crop Producers Discover Global Meat Markets

    The U.S. Meat Export Federation Market Expo (USMEF), an education program for agricultural leaders from state and national USMEF member organizations, allows participants to travel to key markets to learn more about foreign marketing activities for U.S. beef and pork....More
  • COOL food labeling rules are flawed
    Mar. 16, 2013
    Article

    COOL Rule Adds To Market Doldrums

    “Only the government could take a costly, cumbersome rule like mandatory country-of-origin labeling (COOL) and make it worse even as it claims to fix it,” said J. Patrick Boyle, president of the American Meat Institute (AMI)....More
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