The Cattle Business Weekly
For cattlemen, by cattlemen is this podcast bringing you the latest in cattle industry headlines straight from the news desk of The Cattle Business Weekly in South Dakota. It's a dose of what's happening in markets, on the ranch and in Washington, D.C. It's news about everything that impacts a cattle operation's bottomline (aka profit). Listen to us in the feed truck, on the way to a cattle sale or on the porch with a beer! We promise you won't go away without having learned something.
The Cattle Business Weekly
Guess Your Own COF: Strong fundamentals seen in March
By Matt Dabrowski It’s time to guess your own Cattle On Feed report. The next report will be released Thursday, April 17, on account of Good Friday. Last month’s report revealed a significant milestone: the lowest March feedlot inventory since 2017, highlighting our position in the contraction phase of the cattle cycle. March was rough for outside markets, and usually we would see spillover into cattle futures. But the fundamentals were too strong, and cattle bucked the trend. Live cattle futures rose 5.1% and feeder cattle 4.1%, higher than the commodity index (2.6%) or stocks, which dropped 5.8%. Auction markets...