It is not a surprise to many that when the USDA cattle inventory numbers were recently released we saw a decline in our cattle population.  According to the report, cattle inventories totaled 89.27 million head or a 3 percent decline over a year ago. The biggest decline is associated with America’s cow herd.  We are currently at 29.4 million beef cows, down 3 percent from 2022.  This is based off higher cull cow prices which created an 11 percent increase in cow slaughter in 2022. Having  over a million fewer mother cows is a sizable number.  The current cowherd...

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