NATIONAL STEER TRACKER: The largest steer string sold this week on the National Steer Tracker (700-899#) was 232 steers (759#) from Torrington, Wyoming at $174.25. The average price for the top 10 steer strings (700-899#) sold this week was $166.66, compared to $161.37 last week (VIEW REPORT)
Cattle Prices
NATIONAL CALF TRACKER: The largest calf string sold this week was 166 heifers (473#) from Billings, Montana at $185.25. The average price paid this week for the top 10 calf strings was $212.63, compared to $187.18 last week (VIEW REPORT)
National Calf Tracker
NATIONAL CATTLE TRACKER: The largest steer and heifer string sold this week was 458 steers (1023#) from Worthing, South Dakota at $158.85. The second largest string was 299 steers (942#) from Worthing, South Dakota at $157.25 (VIEW REPORT)
Cattle Prices
PROTEIN PRODUCTION: Pork production in 2021 is projected at 27.693 billion pounds, down 40 million pounds from last month (VIEW REPORT)
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PROTEIN PRODUCTION: Broiler production in 2021 is projected at 44.88 billion pounds, up 150 million pounds from last month (VIEW REPORT)
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PROTEIN PRODUCTION: Total red meat and poultry production in 2022 is projected at 106.665 billion pounds, down 168 million pounds from 2021 (VIEW REPORT)
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PROTEIN PRODUCTION: Pork production in 2022 is projected at 27.515 billion pounds, down 178 million pounds from 2021 (VIEW REPORT)
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PROTEIN PRODUCTION: Milk production in 2022 is projected at 227.7 billion pounds, up 1.5 billion pounds from 2021 (VIEW REPORT)
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BEEF BALANCE SHEET: Beef production for 2021 is projected at 28.02 billion pounds, up 55 million pounds from last month (VIEW REPORT)
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BEEF BALANCE SHEET: Total beef supply (production + imports) in 2022 is projected at 31.16 billion pounds, down 930 million pounds from 2021 (VIEW REPORT)
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BEEF BALANCE SHEET: Beef production in 2022 is projected at 27.235 billion pounds, down 785 million pounds from 2021 (VIEW REPORT)
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SOYBEAN BALANCE SHEET: Soybean production is estimated at 4.44 billion bushels, up 10 million with gains for Iowa and Indiana. The U.S. season-average soybean price for 2021/22 is forecast at $12.60 per bushel, up 50 cents (VIEW REPORT)
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MEAT PRODUCTION: The United States has produced 1.035 billion pounds of beef and 1.074 billion pounds of pork so far in 2022 (EWMP)
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CORN BALANCE SHEET: Corn production is estimated at 15.115 billion bushels, up 53 million on a 0.3-million acre increase in harvested area (VIEW REPORT)
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WHEAT BALANCE SHEET: The season-average farm price is raised $0.10 per bushel to $7.15 based on NASS prices reported to date and expectations for prices in the remainder of the marketing year (VIEW REPORT)
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CATTLE WEIGHTS: Live weights reported this week at 1,397 lbs., up 3 lbs. from last week, down 6 lbs. from last year (EWMP)
US Cattle Report by National Beef Wire
MEATBOARD: Boxed Beef Choice: $284.31 (+1.45); Pork Carcass: $89.07 (-6.21); Chicken Breast: $228.34 (+1.40) (Fri pm)
Cash Prices
CME LIVESTOCK: Live Cattle: $142.125 (+1.15); Feeder Cattle: $166.375 (-0.35) Hogs: $88.45 (+3.125); Milk: $22.20 (+0.00)
US Cattle Report by National Beef Wire