Gas prices down 3 cents this week to $3.61, up $0.07 from last year. Diesel prices down 5 cents this week to $3.85, down $0.05 from last year
Cash Prices
TUESDAY SALES: OKC West; Ozarks Regional; Bluegrass; Rezac; F&T; Beaver County; Knoxville; Springfield; Cleveland County; Four State; Humeston AND MORE (WATCH LIVE)
Salebarn Network
U.S. CATTLE REPORT: Pasture rated 47% good to excellent; Boxed beef up $4.38, up 19 cents from last Monday; Slaughter starts slow at 116K; Corn planting at 49%; Joplin replacement cattle special Wednesday, May 15th
US Cattle Report by National Beef Wire
CORN PROGRESS: 49% of the corn in the United States had been planted by May 12th, compared to 36% last week and 60% last year
Market Update
Maneuvering... Expectations for reductions in this week’s production schedule at beef plants, possibly spilling into the next couple of weeks, are widespread. Today’s 116k head slaughter is a start, down 4k head from last week is a start, but not as dramatic as it could have been (THE BEEF)
NBW Market Commmentary
Boxed Beef PM: Choice: $298.95 (+4.38); Select: $287.18 (+3.01); Ch/Se Spread: 11.77; Total Loads: 113 compared to 155 on Friday
Cattle Prices
DAILY CATTLE SLAUGHTER: Monday slaughter at 116K head, compared to 120K last week and 125K last year (U.S. CATTLE REPORT)
US Cattle Report by National Beef Wire
CME LIVESTOCK: Live Cattle: $175.575 (-0.575); Feeder Cattle: $251.35 (+0.45); Hogs: $97.475 (-0.90) (VIEW COMMODITY QUOTES)
US Cattle Report by National Beef Wire
CME GRAINS: Corn: $4.725 (+0.0275); Wheat: $6.87 (+0.235); Soybeans: $12.195 (+0.005); Soybean Meal: $366.50 (-5.40) (VIEW COMMODITY QUOTES)
National Corn Wire
STOCK UPDATE: Dow 30: 39,431.51 (-81.33); Nasdaq: 16,388.24 (+47.37); S&P 500: 5,221.42 (-1.26) (Stocks Slightly Higher Ahead Of This Week’s US Inflation Reports)
Market Update
ENERGY PRICES: Crude Oil: $79.13 (+.0.87); Ethanol: $1.8375 (+0.0175); Natural Gas: $2.368 (+0.116) (Nat-Gas Prices Surge on the Outlook for Warm US Temps)
Market Update
Joplin Regional Stockyards (Carthage, MO) reports 80 Heifers (695 lbs) @ $228.25 (05/13 3:21 PM CDT)
Heifer Prices - Heifers All Weights
Callaway Livestock Center (Kingdom City, MO) reports 58 Steers (641 lbs) @ $305.75 (05/13 2:31 PM CDT)
Callaway Livestock Center
Joplin Regional Stockyards (Carthage, MO) reports 55 Steers (785 lbs) @ $236.00 (05/13 2:29 PM CDT)
NBW Steer Tracker - Steers 700-899 lbs.
Aberdeen Livestock Sales Co. (Aberdeen, SD) reports 50 Steers (652 lbs) @ $300.00 (05/13 2:25 PM CDT)
National Cattle Ticker
Joplin Regional Stockyards (Carthage, MO) reports 56 Steers (910 lbs) @ $217.00 (05/13 2:21 PM CDT)
Joplin Regional Stockyards
Joplin Regional Stockyards (Carthage, MO) reports 72 Heifers (773 lbs) @ $220.50 (05/13 2:18 PM CDT)
Joplin Regional Stockyards