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A weekly outlook argues US beef herd expansion may be ending, with beef cow numbers up nine percent since 2014 but unchanged year on year in the mid-year USDA cattle inventory. Replacement heifers are down and weaker calf prices reduce incentives to expand, while beef exports fell three percent in the first five months.
A plateau in cow numbers and a smaller 2019 calf crop point to slower beef output growth into 2020-2021, which supports feeder and fed cattle prices and firmer demand for feed.
doi.orgHurt, ChrisJan 1, 2019After 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.
After 227 past bullish report events, Feeder Cattle moved a median +0.4% over 5 sessions (57% higher; middle half -1.2% to +1.5%), and +1.1% over 20.
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.
