Dec 30
Over the decades, U.S. farmers and ranchers have significantly reduced soil carbon levels in farm and rangeland. Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is talking with Jimmy Emmons, who is a rancher, farmer, and Oklahoma Conservation Commission’s Soil Health Mentoring Coordinator, about the value of improving soil carbon levels. “Most of the prairie region …
Dec 29
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is back visiting with the Oklahoma Secretary of Agriculture, Blayne Arthur, about the upcoming national cattle show, Cattlemen’s Congress, from the perspective of those in the show cattle industry. Aside from being Secretary of Agriculture for Oklahoma, Arthur is also a “show mom.” “My kids are both very …
Dec 28
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is visiting with Oklahoma Secretary of Agriculture, Blayne Arthur, about the development and growth of Cattlemen’s Congress. Looking back on the first year of Cattlemen’s Congress (2020), Arthur said there were many moving pieces to make the show come together. After the cancellation of the National Western Stock …
Dec 27
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is back visiting with Oklahoma State University Livestock Market Economist, Dr. Derrell Peel, about the cattle inventory report, which will be released by the USDA at the end of January. “It is pretty clear that total female slaughter in 2022 was over 51 percent of all of the …
Dec 26
Mon, 26 Dec 2022 08:19:05 CST
Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Market Economist Dr. Derrell Peel says that the final Cattle on Feed Report of 2022 was generally in line with what the pre report guesses were.
Perhaps the only descrepancy was a slightly higher placement number than the average per report guess. Still, the report showed fewer cattle on feed, lighter placements and stronger marketings.
Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.7 million head on Dec. 1, 2022. The inventory was 3% below December 1, 2021, USDA NASS reported on Friday.
Placements in feedlots during November totaled 1.93 million head, 2% below 2021. Net placements were 1.87 million head. During November, placements of cattle and calves weighing less than 600 pounds were 540,000 head, 600-699 pounds were 465,000 head, 700-799 pounds were 405,000 head, 800-899 pounds were 290,000 head, 900-999 pounds were 135,000 head, and 1,000 pounds and greater were 90,000 head.
Marketings of fed cattle during November totaled 1.89 million head, 1% above 2021. Marketings were the highest for November since the series began in 1996.
Peel says that the December report was the third month in a row for placements less than a year ago- as well as on feed numbers under year ago as well. He says it took longer to get to this place than he had expected- but drought has finally produced cattle numbers that will stay smaller than what the market really wants for the immediate future.
As for marketings- it was what the trade expected but still a historic number. The marketing data of Friday’s COF report showedd in the month of November, there were 1,891,000 head marketed – which is the largest November marketing that the COF report has seen since it began in 1996. The market’s most recent matter of concern has been whether or not current throughput speeds will be aggressive enough to allow feedlots to maintain currentness. The Friday numbers suggest the market should be able to remain current into the new year.
Dr. Peel foresees tighter cattle numbers which will result in higher cattle prices and will provide cattle producers leverage over the packers in 2023 and perhaps 2024 as well. The wildcard is how long drought will remain in place in the southern and central plains.
To review the complete December Cattle on Feed report- click here.
The Beef Buzz is a regular feature heard on radio stations around the region on the Radio Oklahoma Ag Network and is a regular audio feature found on this website as well. Click on the LISTEN BAR for today’s show and check out our archives for older Beef Buzz shows covering the gamut of the beef cattle industry today.
Ron Hays Beef Buzzes with Derrell Peel on the Latest COF
Dec 26
Mon, 26 Dec 2022 08:19:05 CST
Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Market Economist Dr. Derrell Peel says that the final Cattle on Feed Report of 2022 was generally in line with what the pre report guesses were.
Perhaps the only descrepancy was a slightly higher placement number than the average per report guess. Still, the report showed fewer cattle on feed, lighter placements and stronger marketings.
Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.7 million head on Dec. 1, 2022. The inventory was 3% below December 1, 2021, USDA NASS reported on Friday.
Placements in feedlots during November totaled 1.93 million head, 2% below 2021. Net placements were 1.87 million head. During November, placements of cattle and calves weighing less than 600 pounds were 540,000 head, 600-699 pounds were 465,000 head, 700-799 pounds were 405,000 head, 800-899 pounds were 290,000 head, 900-999 pounds were 135,000 head, and 1,000 pounds and greater were 90,000 head.
Marketings of fed cattle during November totaled 1.89 million head, 1% above 2021. Marketings were the highest for November since the series began in 1996.
Peel says that the December report was the third month in a row for placements less than a year ago- as well as on feed numbers under year ago as well. He says it took longer to get to this place than he had expected- but drought has finally produced cattle numbers that will stay smaller than what the market really wants for the immediate future.
As for marketings- it was what the trade expected but still a historic number. The marketing data of Friday’s COF report showedd in the month of November, there were 1,891,000 head marketed – which is the largest November marketing that the COF report has seen since it began in 1996. The market’s most recent matter of concern has been whether or not current throughput speeds will be aggressive enough to allow feedlots to maintain currentness. The Friday numbers suggest the market should be able to remain current into the new year.
Dr. Peel foresees tighter cattle numbers which will result in higher cattle prices and will provide cattle producers leverage over the packers in 2023 and perhaps 2024 as well. The wildcard is how long drought will remain in place in the southern and central plains.
To review the complete December Cattle on Feed report- click here.
The Beef Buzz is a regular feature heard on radio stations around the region on the Radio Oklahoma Ag Network and is a regular audio feature found on this website as well. Click on the LISTEN BAR for today’s show and check out our archives for older Beef Buzz shows covering the gamut of the beef cattle industry today.
Ron Hays Beef Buzzes with Derrell Peel on the Latest COF
Dec 23
Fri, 23 Dec 2022 14:30:44 CST
The Certified Angus Beef program is all about delivering a great eating experience to consumers- and part of that experience is letting them know that the Angus cattle that meet the standards for the CAB program have been raised the right way. Oklahoma Farm Report’s Ron Hays talked about that with the CAB’s Director of Producer Engagement, Kara Lee. Kara says that one way to let consumers know that cattle are being raised in a humane, sustainableway is when the producers raising the cattle are BQA certified.
Lee says that CAB’s consumer research shows that when consumers hear the word Sustainability as it relates to CAB and the cattle involved- they think of words like animal care and animal welfare. They ask CAB what the brand is doing to be committed to animal care.
She believes that the producers raising cattle for the CAB program are committed to the well being of the cattle- because if the animals are having too many bad days- those animals won’t qualify for the CAB program.
The Certified Angus Beef Program has turned to the BQA program- Beef Quality Assurance- as a way to show consumers that producers are doing right by the land and doing right by the cattle.
Kara Lee says that CAB has started a campaign to remind producers that the BQA program helps deliver a positive message to consumers. She says they are calling the program “Cut the Bull.” “We said Cut the Bull because if a consumer believes that any of our producers don’t care about their cattle- we know that’s bull.” Lee adds that a producer can get BQA certified and cut through the bull of any uncertainty consumers might have- allowing producers to get credit of taking care of their animals in the right way- which she adds that cattlemen and cattlewomen are already doing every single day.
CAB has set up a website Cut the Bull.Info that explains why they believe that producers who are willing to be BQA certified help the brand sell the consumer on the concept that CAB beef is not delicious but also is beef they can be confident has been raised the right way.
The Beef Buzz is a regular feature heard on radio stations around the region on the Radio Oklahoma Ag Network and is a regular audio feature found on this website as well. Click on the LISTEN BAR for today’s show and check out our archives for older Beef Buzz shows covering the gamut of the beef cattle industry today.
Ron Hays Beef Buzzes with Kara Lee of CAB About BQA
Dec 23
Fri, 23 Dec 2022 14:30:44 CST
The Certified Angus Beef program is all about delivering a great eating experience to consumers- and part of that experience is letting them know that the Angus cattle that meet the standards for the CAB program have been raised the right way. Oklahoma Farm Report’s Ron Hays talked about that with the CAB’s Director of Producer Engagement, Kara Lee. Kara says that one way to let consumers know that cattle are being raised in a humane, sustainableway is when the producers raising the cattle are BQA certified.
Lee says that CAB’s consumer research shows that when consumers hear the word Sustainability as it relates to CAB and the cattle involved- they think of words like animal care and animal welfare. They ask CAB what the brand is doing to be committed to animal care.
She believes that the producers raising cattle for the CAB program are committed to the well being of the cattle- because if the animals are having too many bad days- those animals won’t qualify for the CAB program.
The Certified Angus Beef Program has turned to the BQA program- Beef Quality Assurance- as a way to show consumers that producers are doing right by the land and doing right by the cattle.
Kara Lee says that CAB has started a campaign to remind producers that the BQA program helps deliver a positive message to consumers. She says they are calling the program “Cut the Bull.” “We said Cut the Bull because if a consumer believes that any of our producers don’t care about their cattle- we know that’s bull.” Lee adds that a producer can get BQA certified and cut through the bull of any uncertainty consumers might have- allowing producers to get credit of taking care of their animals in the right way- which she adds that cattlemen and cattlewomen are already doing every single day.
CAB has set up a website Cut the Bull.Info that explains why they believe that producers who are willing to be BQA certified help the brand sell the consumer on the concept that CAB beef is not delicious but also is beef they can be confident has been raised the right way.
The Beef Buzz is a regular feature heard on radio stations around the region on the Radio Oklahoma Ag Network and is a regular audio feature found on this website as well. Click on the LISTEN BAR for today’s show and check out our archives for older Beef Buzz shows covering the gamut of the beef cattle industry today.
Ron Hays Beef Buzzes with Kara Lee of CAB About BQA
Dec 22
Thu, 22 Dec 2022 16:02:56 CST
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is back visiting with the Chief Executive Officer of the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion Board, Greg Hanes, about the digital promotion of beef. Hays and Hanes …
Dec 22
Thu, 22 Dec 2022 16:02:56 CST
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is back visiting with the Chief Executive Officer of the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion Board, Greg Hanes, about the digital promotion of beef. Hays and Hanes …
