January 2025 USDA Cattle-On-Feed highlightsJanuary 2025 USDA Cattle-On-Feed highlights

Highlights from the USDA's Cattle-On-Feed report for January 2025.

Nevil Speer

January 28, 2025

1 Min Read
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  • December marketings exceed year ago (1.742M head vs 1.724M head)

  • Texas placements were down 75,000 head versus a year ago (largely due to border closure) – that difference added back in would have made placements total 1.717 M head (and ahead of the Dec ’23 pace at 1.698M head)

  • Expansion is still very tepid. Heifers represent 38.7% of the total on-feed inventory.

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About the Author

Nevil Speer

Nevil Speer works as an industry consultant based in Bowling Green, Kentucky.   He has experience in both academia and private industry.  His career includes working with several start-ups along with various service and consultation projects spanning a wide variety of topics.  

Dr. Speer holds a PhD in Animal Sciences from Colorado State University and an MBA from Western Kentucky University.

You can contact him at [email protected] 

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