Price Reactions - Livestock Reports (Released February 26, 2004)

摘要

This report contains annual average and monthly cattle price reactions to the USDA 'Cattle on Feed' reports. Monthly 'Cattle on Feed' reports publish on-feed inventory, fed cattle marketings, and feeder cattle placements. Also in this report are hog price reactions to the USDA 'Quarterly Hogs and Pigs' reports. Each year quarterly hog and pig inventory, sows farrowing, and pig crop estimates are published in March, June, September, and December along with 3-month and 6-month farrowing intentions. The prices in this report for Cattle and Hogs represent sales from producers to first buyers at major markets as reported by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). These prices are published for the day before each report and for the day and week after each report. The price reaction after the 'Hogs and Pigs' and 'Cattle on Feed' reports is indicated by the difference between the price for the day before each report and the day or week after each report. This is the first report in a new series. Future issues will be published annually.