The Cattle Inventory report provides lots of information but does not answer one important question: What is the inventory of feeder cattle available to be placed in feedlots for finishing?
The Cattle Inventory report provides lots of information but does not answer one important question: What is the inventory of feeder cattle available to be placed in feedlots for finishing?
First-calf heifers generally require a little more oversight from producers on their first time around the block.
The latest Cattle on Feed report was released Jan. 22. Included in this report were placements and marketings for December 2020 and the on-feed total for Jan. 1, 2021.
Recent USDA reports provide a picture of the hay situation across the U.S. Dec. 1 hay stocks were down a scant 0.6% year over year for the entire U.S.
Susan Russell and her husband, Curtis, own and operate Reflected R Ranch near Sugar City, Colorado. She grew up on her family’s seedstock cattle and grain operation in south-central Kansas and has been part of the beef industry her whole life.