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May 14, 2013 Sponsored by: Presenter: Dr. Glynn Tonsor, Kansas State University
WEBINAR OVERVIEW • Broad Economic Outlook Overview for Industry • Note take-home points of “big picture” reports: • 2012 Cow-Calf Cost and Returns Estimates • 10-year breeding herd projections
Overarching Current Economic Outlook • Supplies • “Certain” Cattle Supplies (hd) • Less Certain Beef Supplies (lbs) • Demand • Uncertain and Confused • Weather Persistence or Recovery? • Corn planting growing concern • Drought management varies regionally • Additional Excess Capacity Resolution?
Economic Outlook Overview: Cow-Calf Expansion? • Feeders Available per Feeder in Feedlot: 3.41 in 1973; 2.43 in 2012 Source: USDA NASS Jan. 1 data; Tonsor tabulations
Economic Outlook Overview: Cow-Calf Expansion? Source: USDA NASS Jan. 1 data; Tonsor tabulations
Economic Outlook Overview: Cow-Calf Expansion? • Feeders Available per Feeder in Feedlot: • 3.41 in 1973; 2.43 in 2012 • No July Cattle Inventory Report • Pasture conditions worst in areas of attempted heifer retention
Livestock Marketing Information Center Data Source: USDA-NASS, Compiled & Analysis by LMIC
CO, KS, MT, NE, ND, SD, & WY 29.6% of Cows 34.3% of Retained Heifers (Jan. 2013) Livestock Marketing Information Center Data Source: USDA-NASS, Compiled & Analysis by LMIC
AZ, CA, ID, NV, NM, OR, UT, & WA 10.4% of Cows 11.3% of Retained Heifers (Jan. 2013) Livestock Marketing Information Center Data Source: USDA-NASS, Compiled & Analysis by LMIC
OK & TX 19.7% of Cows 16.4% of Retained Heifers (Jan. 2013) Livestock Marketing Information Center Data Source: USDA-NASS, Compiled & Analysis by LMIC
IL, IN, IA, MI, MN, MO, OH, & WI 14.6% of Cows 14.5% of Retained Heifers (Jan. 2013) Livestock Marketing Information Center Data Source: USDA-NASS, Compiled & Analysis by LMIC
AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, & WV 24.6% of Cows 21.3% of Retained Heifers (Jan. 2013) Livestock Marketing Information Center Data Source: USDA-NASS, Compiled & Analysis by LMIC
http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/commodity-costs-and-returns.aspxhttp://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/commodity-costs-and-returns.aspx Do some regions have an economic advantage for expansion?
Do some regions have an economic advantage for expansion? Allocated Costs: Opportunity costs of unpaid labor, capital recovery, etc.
Do some regions have an economic advantage for expansion? Operating Costs: Feed (purchased, homegrown, grazed), vet/medicine, utilities, etc.
As of: 5/13/13’ May FC: 5/13: $136 4/12: $141 3/13: $144 http://www.agmanager.info/livestock/marketing/graphs/cattle/prices/default.asp
Economic Outlook Overview : Stockers • Historically high Values of Gain (VOG) • But also historically high Costs of Gain (COG)… • Salina, KS 5/13/13 situation: • Buy 550 lb steer on 10/16/13 ($159) • Sell 750 lb steer on 1/15/14 ($148) {2.2 ADG} • VOG: $117/cwt • http://www.beefbasis.com/ForecastingTools/ValueofGain/tabid/1132/Default.aspx
http://www.agmanager.info/livestock/marketing/graphs/cattle/prices/VOG.asphttp://www.agmanager.info/livestock/marketing/graphs/cattle/prices/VOG.asp
Economic Outlook Overview : Feedlots • Excess capacity concerns remain & are growing… • Closeouts have been at historically high losses… • 12 month rolling avg. thru March 13’ -$173 • Watch response to shrinking available supplies… • Is “feeding country moving north” ???
June LC: 5/13: $121 4/12: $121 3/12: $124 1/14: $130 Historical and Projected Kansas Feedlot Net Returns (as of 5/9/13’) (http://www.agmanager.info/livestock/marketing/outlook/newsletters/FinishingReturns/default.asp) March 13’: -$182/steer Representative Barometer for Trends in Profitability
Economic Outlook Overview : Beef Demand • Demand less certain than supply currently • heightened need to monitor… • Meat prices rising w/i basket of purchases… • as prices increase, public will require more quality… • quality and value are in the eye of the beholder... • debates on various technologies likely will intensify within industries, with customers, and with consumers… • “Vote vs. buy” behavior differences important
Yr-over-Yr increases in 10 of last 11 quarters (since Q3 of ’10); Q1.2013 = +1.57% Actual Quantity & Price Changes: 1990: 67.8 lbs (per capita cons.);$2.00 (real All Fresh price) 2012: 57.3 lbs (per capita cons.);$2.04 (real All Fresh price) Q1.2013: Per Capita Consumption = -1.71% (Year-over-Year) Real All Fresh Beef Prices = +3.78% ($4.91/lb nominal price) IF Real All Fresh Beef Prices +2.18% = 0% Demand Change http://www.agmanager.info/livestock/marketing/Beef%20Demand/default.asp
2013, 54.8 lbs/capita, 0% Demand Change Case = $4.89/lb (+4.28% vs. 12’) Livestock Marketing Information Center Data Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis & USDA-ERS, Compiled & Analysis by LMIC
Longer-term projections (as of Feb. 2013) http://www.usda.gov/oce/commodity/projections/index.htm 2021 Projection 1.1 million less than Feb. 12’… 2022 herd +12% (vs. 2012) IF 2013 per capita consumption falls from 56.8 lbs to 54.8 lbs (-3.52%) AND IF 2013 All Fresh Beef price increases by +4.28% ($4.89/lb) = 0% Demand Change…
Longer-term projections (as of Feb. 2013) http://www.usda.gov/oce/commodity/projections/index.htm • U.S. beef cow inventory: • 29.9 million in 2012 (was 37.9 million in 1983) • 29.8 million in 2013 • 29.5 million in 2014; net expansion starts in 2015 (29.6) • 33.5 million in 2022 • 34.5 million in 1997; • Beef Production (billion lbs): 25.4 (1997), 25.7 (2012) • More beef/cow will continue = less # head throughput … • If/when herd expands, likely NOT going back to 1980s levels …
Longer-term projections (as of Feb. 2013) http://www.usda.gov/oce/commodity/projections/index.htm • “Developing World” Changes (2012-2022) • Increasing global $, pop., & per capita meat cons. • Africa & Middle East (3.8 - 4.9% GDP/yr) • Region accounts for >40% of meat import growth. Yet arguably the least understood growth market… • Latin America (4.0% GDP/yr) • Growing producer & consumer… • China (7.8% GDP/yr) • Canada has access but US does not … • South Korea (3.5% GDP/yr – but 10x per capita inc. of China) • US has access but Canada does not…
Longer-term projections (as of Feb. 2013) http://www.usda.gov/oce/commodity/projections/index.htm • “Developed World” Changes (2012-2022) • Declining global economic prevalence, populations, & per capita meat consumption • US/Canada (2.4 – 2.6% GDP/yr) • Different dependence on domestic consumption… • Japan (1.1% GDP/yr): • Major meat importer currently (changes in age restriction a +) but will exporters care less going forward? • Europe (1.7% GDP/yr): • Will influential role as “food thought leader” persist?
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How much “excess capacity” currently exist in U.S. feedlot industry? • None • 1-10% • 11-20% • 21-30% • Over 30%
Questions typed by participants during the webinar presentation which were not directly responded to are addressed in the remaining subsequent slides.