LIVESTOCK COMMENTS: Packers and cattle feeders waited until the eleventh hour again this week to begin trading finished cattle. Fed cattle traded $2 higher compared to last week on a live basis. At midday Friday, the Choice cutout was $313.53 up $3.38 from Thursday and up $19.33 from a week ago
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U.S. CATTLE REPORT: Dressed cattle sales hit $300; Boxed beef up whopping $18.88 since last Fri; Cattle slaughter drops below 600K; Daily drop up 70 cents to $11.40; Dow closes above 40K
US Cattle Report by National Beef Wire
CME LIVESTOCK: Live Cattle: $181.05 (+2.025); Feeder Cattle: $259.85 (+2.50); Hogs: $100.05 (-1.575) (VIEW COMMODITY QUOTES)
US Cattle Report by National Beef Wire
CME GRAINS: Corn: $4.525 (-0.045); Wheat: $6.5125 (-0.12); Soybeans: $12.28 (+0.1175); Soybean Meal: $368.80 (+1.10) (VIEW COMMODITY QUOTES)
National Corn Wire
STOCK UPDATE: Dow 30: 40,003.59 (+134.21); Nasdaq: 16,685.97 (-12.35); S&P 500: 5,303.27 (+6.17) (Stocks Settle Mixed As Indexes Consolidate Below Record Highs)
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Short-Range Weather Forecast: A frontal system will bring showers and storms to the Northern Rockies/High Plains early Friday and to the Northern Plains/Upper Midwest by evening.
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Trying... Open interest has increased the past two days giving this rally more credence. The easiest way to describe the action is that the market is back to the top of its trading range of the last 7 weeks (THE BEEF)
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Disney posts surprise profit in streaming entertainment, raises earnings forecast... Walt Disney's streaming entertainment unit posted its first profit, two quarters ahead of schedule, and the media company raised its annual earnings per share outlook as it said turnaround efforts were yielding results. (Reuters)
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TOP SALES : The highest price paid for 6-weight steers on Thursday was $338.00 for 49 hd (636#) from Salina, KS. The National Steer Price for 6-wts on Thursday was $287.78, compared to $294.92 the prior day (WATCH LIVE SALES NOW)
US Cattle Report by National Beef Wire
PRICE PROJECTIONS: The latest price projections for 2024 bring mixed fortunes for various agricultural commodities, with cattle and hogs seeing increases, while eggs undergo a significant surge in price
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USDA CROP PRODUCTION: Soybean production for beans is forecast at 4.37 billion bushels, up 1 percent from the previous forecast and up 6 percent from 2020 (VIEW REPORT)
WASDE
CATTLE TRADE: Prices on a live basis primarily ranged from $138 to $141 while dressed prices were mainly $224 to $226. A year ago, prices were $119.71 live and $190.56 dressed (Griffith)
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QuickTake: China produces more than 100 billion pounds of 10 different foods: Corn, Rice, Vegetables, Wheat, Sugarcane, Potatoes, Cucumbers, Tomatoes, Watermelons & Sweet Potatoes
Quick Takes
DROUGHT MONITOR: Approximately 46% of the cattle inventory is within an area experiencing drought (VIEW REPORT)
Weather
Corn exports projected at 72.4 million metric tons in 2021, up 67.3% from the prior year (VIEW REPORT)
National Corn Wire
DAILY EXPORT SALES: Private exporters reported sales of 128,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to Mexico during the 2022/2023 marketing year
Exports
Phones are distracting students in class. More states are pressing schools to ban them (AP)
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CORN MARKETS: The March contract made a new low yesterday, but didn’t see enough weakness for a new low overnight. The March contract does have four consecutive lower highs, so there is still no indication of a change in trend, or even a bottom (Schwieterman)
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Farmers protesting in France have a long list of grievances: soaring costs, increasing bureaucracy, new European Union regulations and imports diluting their markets. While farmers have a long history of indignation and activism (especially in France), the latest moment of protest isn’t confined to Europe (Bloomberg)
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