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                     August 6, 2020   Volume 26   No. 6



          2020 MISSOURI STATE FAIR PIVOTS TO A                                        MID-YEAR CATTLE INVENTORY:
                    YOUTH LIVESTOCK SHOW                                                     CALF CROP DOWN 1%
         Missouri  State                                                      All cattle and calves in the United States on July 1, 2020 totaled
      Fair officials an-                                                    103 million head, slightly above the 103 million head on  July 1,
      nounced recently                                                      2019.
      that the tradi-                                                         All cows and heifers that have calved totaled 41.4 million head,
      tional fair will                                                      slightly below the 41.6 million head on July 1, 2019. Beef cows, at
      pivot  to  a  youth                                                   32.1 million head, down 1 percent from a year ago. Milk cows, at
      livestock     show,                                                   9.35 million head, up 1 percent from previous year.
      Aug. 13-23, 2020.                                                       All heifers 500 pounds and over on July 1, 2020 totaled 16.5 mil-
      In 1901, the Fair                                                                                                  lion head, 1  percent
      began as a show-                                                                                                   above the 16.4 million
      case of Missouri agriculture. Staying true to that tradition,                                                      head on July 1, 2019.
      the Fair will continue to allow the invaluable agriculture edu-                                                    Beef     replacement
      cation experience to Missouri 4-H and FFA members by offer-                                                        heifers, at 4.40 mil-
      ing a Youth Livestock Show only. Sanitation and public health                                                      lion head, unchanged
      precautions will be put in place for the livestock show.                                                           from a year ago. Milk
         Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said he was appreciative of the                                                       replacement heifers,
      fair maintaining the youth livestock show. Parson said the                                                         at 4.10 million head,
      state fair had only been canceled one other time in the last                                                       unchanged from pre-
      100 years.                                                                                                         vious   year.   Other
         To stay up to date with the latest information,                    heifers, at 8.00 million head, 1 percent above a year earlier.
      please visit mostatefair.com.                                           Steers 500 pounds and over on July 1, 2020 totaled 15.0 million
                                                                            head, up 2 percent from July 1, 2019.
             CATTLE ON FEED DOWN SLIGHTLY                                     Bulls 500 pounds and over on July 1, 2020 totaled 2.10 million
         Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the          head, unchanged from previous year.
       United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head         Calves under 500 pounds on July 1, 2020 totaled 28.0 million
       totaled 11.4 million head on July 1, 2020. The inventory was         head, down slightly from a year earlier.
       slightly below July 1, 2019. This is the second highest July                                                         continued on page 14
                                         1 inventory since the series
                                         began in 1996. The inventory       KANSAS LIVESTOCK SHOWCASE TO BE HELD
                                         included 7.03 million steers                      IN PLACE OF STATE FAIR
                                         and steer calves, up slightly
                                         from the previous year.  This        For the first time in its 106-year history, the Kansas State
                                         group accounted for 61 per-        Fair has been cancelled. The fair board announced their de-
                                         cent of the total inventory.       cision recently, stating it was based on circumstances sur-
                                         Heifers and heifer calves ac-      rounding the coronavirus pandemic. The fair originally was
                                                                            scheduled for September 11-20. All gate admission tickets,
                                                      continued on page 10  packages and food tickets already purchased will be valid for
                                                                            the 2021 Kansas State Fair, which is scheduled for September
         USDA RELEASES MARKET INVESTIGATION                                 10-19.
                                                                              While the traditional event will not happen, staff will host
         FINDINGS, STILL AWAITING DOJ REPORT                                both open class and youth livestock shows over three week-
         USDA’s       Agricul-                                              ends starting Labor Day weekend. This includes the Grand
       tural Marketing Ser-                                                 Drive youth show, which will take place September 11-13.
      vice (AMS) recently                                                   KLA
      released a report on
      its investigation into
      cattle market disrup-
      tions  over  the past                                                                               Coming Sales-30
      year. The  document                                                                                 Life is Simple-5
      examines the effects of                                                                             Market Report-8
      both the Tyson plant                                                                                Agribusiness
      fire  in Holcomb  last
      August and the coronavirus pandemic on the boxed beef and                                           Directory-28
      fed cattle markets. It is extensive in its analysis of the mar-
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