Allendale, Inc. Releases US Cattle on Feed, Cold Storage Estimates

ANALYSIS - Allendale Inc expects July Cattle On Feed placements to be 11.6 per cent higher than last fall. USDA will release their Cattle on Feed report Friday, 23 August 2013 at 2 pm CDT.
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Allendale Inc.

Cattle feeders are taking notice of cheaper corn coming this fall. Corn in western Kansas fell from $7.30 in June to $6.92 in July. This was despite terrible margin conditions on outgoing fat cattle (27 months of losses).

Cash cattle prices fell from $121 in June to $119 in July. July placements will be marketed from December to March. There will not be abundant Q1 cattle slaughter. There was a severe shortfall in lightweight placements in May and June.

Allendale anticipates a Marketing total 3.8 per cent higher than July 2012. There was one more weekday in July 2013 than in 2012.

Total Cattle on Feed as of July 1 will be 1.8 per cent smaller than last year. This would be smaller than the July 1 survey which showed 3.2 per cent fewer cattle.

Allendale projects a 528 million lb. total pork stock level for the end of July. The five year average is 488 million lbs. for the end of July.

Our estimate represents a decrease of 38 million lbs. from the previous month. The five year average month to month change for July is a 34 million lb. decrease.

Beef stocks, at 480 million lbs., are above the five year average of 428. This month's number represents a 1 million lb. decrease from the previous month. The five year average month to month change is nil.

Allendale Cattle On Feed Estimates

**Pork Belly stocks are estimated - in million pounds while Cattle on Feed is estimated as a percentage compared to last year.

 

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