Friday August 23 Ag News - Cattle on Feed - Cold Storage - Chicken & Eggs reports

 NEBRASKA CATTLE ON FEED UP 2%

Nebraska feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.32 million cattle on feed on August 1, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was up 2% from last year. Placements during July totaled 450,000 head, up 6% from 2023. Fed cattle marketings for the month of July totaled 510,000 head, up 11% from last year. Other disappearance during July totaled 10,000 head, down 5,000 head from last year.



IOWA CATTLE ON FEED UP 2%

Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in Iowa feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 650,000 head on August 1, 2024, according to the latest USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service – Cattle on Feed report. This was unchanged from July but up 2 percent from August 1, 2023. Iowa feedlots with a capacity of less than 1,000 head had 475,000 head on feed, down 8 percent from last month and down 1 percent from last year. Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in all Iowa feedlots totaled 1,125,000 head, down 3 percent from last month but up slightly from last year.

Placements of cattle and calves in Iowa feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head during July 2024 totaled 56,000 head, up 19 percent from June and up 10 percent from July 2023. Feedlots with a capacity of less than 1,000 head placed 34,000 head, down 3 percent from June but up 26 percent from July 2023. Placements for all feedlots in Iowa totaled 90,000 head, up 10 percent from June and up 15 percent from July 2023.

Marketings of fed cattle from Iowa feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head during July 2024 totaled 55,000 head, down 2 percent from June and down 7 percent from July 2023. Feedlots with a capacity of less than 1,000 head marketed 72,000 head, up 14 percent from June but down 4 percent from July 2023. Marketings for all feedlots in Iowa were 127,000 head, up 7 percent from June but down 5 percent from July 2023. Other disappearance from all feedlots in Iowa totaled 3,000 head.



United States Cattle on Feed Up Slightly

Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.1 million head on August 1, 2024. The inventory was slightly above August 1, 2023.

On Feed - by State  (1,000 hd  -  % Aug 1 '23)
Colorado ......:                   960             98             
Iowa .............:                   650           102             
Kansas ..........:                  2,210           94             
Nebraska ......:                  2,320          102            
Texas ............:                  2,740          101             

Placements in feedlots during July totaled 1.70 million head, 6 percent above 2023. Net placements were 1.65 million head. During July, placements of cattle and calves weighing less than 600 pounds were 390,000 head, 600-699 pounds were 265,000 head, 700-799 pounds were 385,000 head, 800-899 pounds were 387,000 head, 900-999 pounds were 200,000 head, and 1,000 pounds and greater were 75,000 head.

Placements by State  (1.000 hd - % July '23)
Colorado .......:                  145           126               
Iowa .............:                    56           110         
Kansas ..........:                  425           104            
Nebraska ......:                  450           106         
Texas ............:                  385           103          

Marketings of fed cattle during July totaled 1.86 million head, 8 percent above 2023. Other disappearance totaled 56,000 head during July, 14 percent below 2023.

Marketings by State  (1.000 hd - % July '23)
Colorado .......:                150            125          
Iowa .............:                  55              93           
Kansas ..........:                 425             94            
Nebraska ......:                 510            111        
Texas ............:                  420           117       



Cold Storage July 2024 Highlights

Total red meat supplies in freezers on July 31, 2024 were down 3 percent from the previous month and down 3 percent from last year. Total pounds of beef in freezers were down slightly from the previous month and down 1 percent from last year. Frozen pork supplies were down 5 percent from the previous month and down 4 percent from last year. Stocks of pork bellies were down 30 percent from last month and down 17 percent from last year.

Total frozen poultry supplies on July 31, 2024 were up 2 percent from the previous month but down 5 percent from a year ago. Total stocks of chicken were up 2 percent from the previous month but down 10 percent from last year. Total pounds of turkey in freezers were up 3 percent from last month and up 5 percent from July 31, 2023.

Total natural cheese stocks in refrigerated warehouses on July 31, 2024 were down 1 percent from the previous month and down 6 percent from July 31, 2023. Butter stocks were down 6 percent from last month but up 7 percent from a year ago.

Total frozen fruit stocks on July 31, 2024 were up 16 percent from last month and up 12 percent from a year ago. Total frozen vegetable stocks were up 3 percent from last month but down 8 percent from a year ago.



July Egg Production Down 2 Percent

United States egg production totaled 9.06 billion during July 2024, down 2 percent from last year. Production included 7.76 billion table eggs, and 1.30 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.20 billion were broiler-type and 99.0 million were egg-type. The average number of layers during July 2024 totaled 370 million, down 3 percent from last year. July egg production per 100 layers was 2,451 eggs, up slightly from July 2023.
                                    
Total layers in the United States on August 1, 2024 totaled 369 million, down 3 percent from last year. The 369 million layers consisted of 304 million layers producing table or market type eggs, 61.5 million layers producing broiler-type hatching eggs, and 3.76 million layers producing egg-type hatching eggs. Rate of lay per day on August 1, 2024, averaged 79.0 eggs per 100 layers, up slightly from August 1, 2023.

NEBRASKA CHICKENS AND EGGS
All layers in Nebraska during July 2024 totaled 8.61 million, up from 7.92 million the previous year, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Nebraska egg production during July totaled 213 million eggs, up from 210 million in 2023. July egg production per 100 layers was 2,478 eggs, compared to 2,655 eggs in 2023.

IOWA: Iowa egg production during July 2024 was 1.09 billion eggs, down 7 percent from the previous July, according to the latest Chickens and Eggs report from the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. The average number of all layers on hand during July 2024 was 42.2 million, down 6 percent from last year. Eggs per 100 layers for July was 2,574, down 1 percent from a year ago.