National Beef Wire | University of Missouri

Real-Time Index: $152.95 (+0.01) -- The RTI (7-day cash feeder cattle average) is $6.53 LOWER than the nearby futures ($159.48) (CHANNEL 709) Cattle Prices

Boxed Beef AM: Choice: $285.06 (+4.06); Select: $266.01 (+2.63) Ch/Se Spread: $19.05; Total Loads: 56 US Cattle Report by National Beef Wire

CME LIVESTOCK: Live Cattle: $128.65 (+1.375); Feeder Cattle: $163.175 (+1.20) Hogs: $108.35 (+0.85); Milk: $15.97 (-0.18) US Cattle Report by National Beef Wire

CME GRAINS: Corn: $5.495 (-9.25); Soybeans: $13.87 (-31.75); Wheat: $7.2475 (-4.75) National Corn Wire

Ranking Of States With The Worst Pasture Conditions: Montana and Washington have the worst pasture condition in the United States followed by South Dakota and Oregon (VIEW REPORT) Ag Reports: Most Recent

NBW STREAMING: Bluegrass Stockyards (Lexington, KY) (WATCH LIVE NOW) Cattle Prices

Short Range Weather Forecast: Monsoonal storms will continue to generate flash and urban flooding impacts into mid-week from the Intermountain West to the High Plains along the Rocky Mountain Front (View Report) Weather

NBW STREAMING: Ozarks Regional Stockyard (West Plains, MO) (WATCH LIVE NOW) Cattle Prices

SCHWIETERMAN CATTLE: Packer margins continue to strengthen, as traders continue to await that inevitable jump in cash prices (VIEW REPORT) US Cattle Report by National Beef Wire

SCHWIETERMAN FEEDER CATTLE: The cash index scored new highs for the year on Monday, moving up to 155.58. Basis levels with the August contract have fallen to 2.75, with most of the narrowing due to cash strength (VIEW REPORT) US Cattle Report by National Beef Wire

Live Cattle Trends: Short Term: Up; Long Term: Up US Cattle Report by National Beef Wire

Feeder Cattle Trends: Short Term: Up; Long Term: Up US Cattle Report by National Beef Wire

SCHWIETERMAN CORN: Yesterday the December corn posted an outside day higher on the chart and closed above the 50-day moving average. The next chart hurdles are at the $5.61 and $5.73 levels (VIEW REPORT) NBW Market Commmentary

SCHWIETERMAN WHEAT: Wheat was the leader yesterday, with the December KW closing above $7.00 and at the highest level since May 12th Wheat

Corn Trends: Short Term: Up; Long Term: Up National Corn Wire

Wheat Trends: Short Term: Up; Long Term: Up Market Update

NATIONAL CALF TRACKER: The average price paid in the last 30 days for the top 10 calf strings was $170.68 (VIEW REPORT) Cattle Prices

NATIONAL CALF TRACKER: The largest calf string sold in the last 30 days was 113 heifers (448#) from Turlock, California at $171.75 (VIEW REPORT) Cattle Prices

JOPLIN REGIONAL: The largest string sold in July at Joplin Regional Stockyards was 179 heifers (721#) at $150.00 (VIEW REPORT) Cattle Prices

REAL TIME PRICES: The largest CALF string sold on Monday (8/2) was at Callaway Livestock Center (Kingdom City, MO) 25 head of Steers weighing 495 brought $198.00 (VIEW PRICES) Cattle Prices