
News travels fast and people react most of the time in a negative way. Will the cattle complex again find its footing?
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ShayLe Stewart is the newest member of the DTN analysis team (September 2019), and comes with deep roots in the beef industry.
Based in the high mountain cattle country near Cody, Wyoming, Stewart leads coverage in all areas of livestock and meat production, and brings a true boots-on-the-ground perspective to a livestock marketing world that gets increasingly difficult to navigate.
ShayLe grew up on a cow-calf and haying operation in south-central Montana, where her passion for the beef industry led her to Colorado State University, ultimately to an internship with the United States Cattlemen's Association. Her experiences following markets for USCA were the springboard for her self-produced Cattle Market News website and Facebook outlets. Those weekly reports were a reliable source of compressed, easy-to-understand, digestible market information.
While her background is in the ranching West, ShayLe comes with a solid list of market contacts from around the country. Talking each week to sale barn owners, feed lot managers, and other industry experts, she is able to ask the questions that cattlemen need answered in order to find clarity in a complex and dynamic market.
ShayLe and her husband, Jimmy, run a registered herd of Sim-Angus females, and host an annual bull sale in Powell, Wyoming.
News travels fast and people react most of the time in a negative way. Will the cattle complex again find its footing?
Given the continued ban of Mexican cattle imports into the United States, logically the data aligns perfectly with what's happening in the market.
News travels fast and people react most of the time in a negative way. Will the cattle complex again find its footing?
While some producers may be anxious to begin keeping some females back, I don't believe that's where all cow-calf producers are.
Given the continued ban of Mexican cattle imports into the United States, logically the data aligns perfectly with what's happening in the market.
Friday's Jan. 1 USDA Cattle on Feed report is likely going to be one that demands attention, as the placement estimates range from 98.8 to 107.1% compared to a year ago.
Feedlot managers deserve credit for their efforts to push the market to its highest potential. If they weren't alert, the cattle market wouldn't see its current gains.
We all know at some point packers will gather enough cattle for the market, causing this incredible rally to cool down. But I'm personally not convinced packers have enough supply purchased just yet.
Last week the fed cash cattle market scored new all-time highs yet again; but with packers still short on inventory and beef demand strong, everyone is wondering: How much higher will the market trade this week?
Now that we are officially embarking on the 2025 calendar year, it's time to home in on the market dynamics currently at play and strategize for the year ahead.
Packers drastically cut last week's throughput in an attempt to regain some footing in the market as strong cash cattle prices have weakened their margins.
Given that it's the week of Christmas, it's unlikely that anything significant will develop in the market. Traders will enjoy the shorter week, and packers will run lighter kill schedules.
No. 8 on DTN's list of the Top 10 Ag Stories of 2024 is the U.S. cattle market's performance through the year, influenced by slow herd expansion, drought, heavier slaughter weights and even a cattle pest in Mexico.
Friday's Dec. 1 USDA Cattle on Feed report will likely show supportive data for the cattle complex, as on-feed, placed and marketed numbers are expected to be lighter than a year ago.
During the last cattle cycle's peak back in 2014, the CME Feeder Cattle Index reached $240, but was only able to maintain that level for a short two months, let alone a whole year, as the market did in 2024.
The live cattle and fed cash cattle markets have been on fire lately; but with the Christmas and New Year holidays looming, the market's relentless rally may be paused until after the New Year.
The cattle complex was back trading higher Tuesday morning as traders looked at market fundamentals and simply couldn't argue that the direction needed to be higher.
The market resistance at $260 is substantial, but so is the cattle market's rally and power right now. If all the stars continue to align, the resistance at $260 isn't unbearable.
The restriction of Mexican cattle imports into the United States, following the detection of a cow in Mexico with New World screwworm, is likely to drive feeder cattle prices sharply higher in the near term.
The restriction of Mexican cattle imports into the United States, following the detection of a cow in Mexico with New World screwworm, is likely to drive feeder cattle prices sharply higher in the...
There's a story -- a changing reality -- unfolding in the countryside and hiding behind the Cattle on Feed numbers that will affect the cattle market for years to come.
If the analysts who believe Nov. 1 cattle on feed numbers could be 101.3% of a year ago are correct, that could push total numbers above 12 million head, which has only happened 14 times since 2019.
Traders have eagerly supported the cattle contracts lately, but with the fed cattle market's lethargic fundamentals and a Cattle on Feed Report set to be released Friday, trader support could be harder to come by later this week.