USDA’s monthly cattle-on-feed report was released on Friday.
The following data compare the government’s data with analysts’ estimates in the Urner Barry survey for cattle in the nation’s feedyards that have a capacity of 1,000 or more animals.
The figures are expressed as a percentage of the year-before number.
USDA’s estimates |
Average of estimates | Range of estimates | |
On-feed September 1 | 99.0 | 99.4 | 98.5 - 100.0 |
Placed in August | 91.0 | 94.3 | 88.9 - 97.8 |
Marketed in August | 98.0 | 98.3 | 97.6 - 98.8 |
Urner Barry, like Agrimoney, is owned by AgriBriefing.