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At INTL FCStone's outlook conference, analyst Adam Stout said record beef, pork and poultry production is forecast for 2019, with beef expected to hold its value best. Cattle inventory growth is slowing and 2019 or 2020 may be the last growth year, while weather has trimmed carcass weights by about 1% of beef production.
Slowing herd growth and weather-cut weights support cattle prices, while record protein output in total may limit gains in other meats. Beef strength tends to support demand for feed-based production.
meatpoultry.comRon SterkMar 8, 2019After 28 past bullish macro events, Live Cattle moved a median -0.3% over 5 sessions (39% higher; middle half -1.2% to +0.9%), and +1.7% over 20.
After 21 past bullish macro events, Feeder Cattle moved a median +0.2% over 5 sessions (62% higher; middle half -0.7% to +1.4%), and +2.4% over 20.
After 37 past macro events, Lean Hogs moved a median -0.4% over 5 sessions (46% higher; middle half -2.2% to +2.4%), and +0.0% over 20.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
