Speer: There’s Always Next Year

Review: Several months ago I provided some coverage on beef cow slaughter through April. Here we are in the middle of July and final numbers for June are now official. As such, this is a timely opportunity to review what that means going forward.

1st vs 2nd Half: Let’s begin by reviewing the historical information dating back to 1990. A couple of things are important here:

1. 1st half beef cow slaughter is typically very representative of the rate in the 2nd half of the year.

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