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
MONDAY SALES: Joplin, Blue Grass, Central Livestock, Sioux Falls, Stockmen's, Springfield, OKC West, WNC, Russell, Central Ozarks, Gainesville, Callaway, Glasgow, Olean, Central Oregon, Cleburne Co, Pruitt's (WATCH LIVE)
Salebarn Network
LIVESTOCK COMMENTS: The overarching trend appears to be buyers having a stronger interest or preference towards heavier calves. Thus, many buyers are looking for 600 plus pound calves that can be marketed during the late summer and early fall time period
NBW Market Commmentary
JOPLIN REGIONAL: JRS will hold a replacement cattle special Wednesday, May 15th at 4:30 pm. This will follow the regular slaughter/replacement sale which begins at 9:00 am (U.S. CATTLE REPORT)
Cattle Prices
Short-Range Weather Forecast: Today, cattle producers along the Gulf Coast need to prepare for severe thunderstorms and possible flash flooding. This weather activity is due to a strong upper-level low moving across the central U.S.,
Weather
REAL TIME PRICES: The largest STEER string (700-899#) sold on Friday was 131 steers (844#) from Mankato, KS at $262.50 (VIEW PRICES)
Cattle Prices
REAL TIME PRICES: The largest CALF string sold in the last 7 days was 140 heifers (446#) from Mascot, TN at $311.00 (VIEW PRICES)
National Calf Tracker
Beef Production Unchanged From Last Week, Cattle Weights Up 47 Pounds From Last Year (ewmp)
US Cattle Report by National Beef Wire