January Cattle Inventory and Cattle on Feed Reports

After 268 past bullish report events, Live Cattle moved a median +0.3% over 5 sessions (58% higher; middle half -0.7% to +1.4%), and +1.7% over 20.

• Feb 5, 2024U.S. Cattle Inventory Smallest in 73 years | Farm Bureau Intel Markets | American Farm Bureau Federation+1.8%
• Dec 4, 2025Bullish Cattle Report Does Not Indicate Herd Expansion | Farm Bureau Intel Markets | American Farm Bureau Federation+4.1%
• Feb 2, 2023Semiannual Cattle Inventory and Cattle Contract Library Set the Tone for the 2023 Marketing Year | Farm Bureau Intel Markets | American Farm Bureau Federation+1.7%
• Feb 10, 2026Smaller Cattle Herd Creates Market Volatility | Farm Bureau Intel Markets | American Farm Bureau Federation+1.7%
• Oct 30, 2024Farm Bureau: Low Inventory Leads to Uncertainty in Cattle Markets | American Ag Network-1.3%

After 126 past bearish report events, Feeder Cattle moved a median +0.1% over 5 sessions (52% higher; middle half -1.3% to +2.0%), and +0.6% over 20.

• May 27, 2021USDA reports second largest inventory of cattle on feed since 1996+12.1%
• Dec 2, 2019Understanding 'Placements' in the Cattle on Feed Report-0.5%
• Mar 13, 2020National feeder and stocker cattle report | Capital Press-1.5%
• Aug 28, 2020National feeder and stocker cattle report | Capital Press-3.1%
• Feb 28, 2020National feeder and stocker cattle report | Capital Press+0.8%