REAL TIME PRICES: The largest CALF string sold in the last 7 days was 90 steers (467#) from Russell, Iowa at $325.00 (VIEW PRICES)
National Calf Tracker
LIVESTOCK COMMENTS: Since the beginning of May, the September feeder cattle futures price has increased about $25 per hundredweight or $200 per head while the contract is about $56 per hundred-weight higher than its first day of trading in October 2022
NBW Market Commmentary
CATTLE WEIGHTS: Live weights reported this week at 1,358 lbs., up 2 lbs. from last week, down 9 lbs. from last year (EWMP)
US Cattle Report by National Beef Wire
NATIONAL CALF TRACKER: The largest calf string sold this week was 90 steers (467#) from Russell, Iowa at $325.00. The average price paid this week for the top 10 calf strings was $322.00, compared to $301.58 last week
Cattle Prices
CME LIVESTOCK: Live Cattle: $191.35 (+1.85); Feeder Cattle: $259.15 (+1.375); Hogs: $81.525 (-1.425)
US Cattle Report by National Beef Wire
CME GRAINS: Corn: $ 4.7725 (+2.00); Soybeans: $12.9625 (+2.50); Wheat: $5.795 (+3.75); Cotton: $84.04 (-0.83)
National Corn Wire
CATTLE SLAUGHTER BY STATE: The United States slaughtered 2.89 million head of cattle in August 2023, down 186.2K head from the same time last year. Nebraska slaughtered 597.6K head of cattle in August 2023, down 51.1K head from the same time last year
Livestock Slaughter
Weekly red meat production reported at 1.04 billion pounds, down 0.3% from last week, down 5.4% from last year (EWMP)
Market Update
NATIONAL STEER TRACKER: The highest price paid for a STEER string (700-899#) in KENTUCKY so far in 2023 (25 hd min) was $232.00 for 66 steers (772#) from Albany on June 7th (U.S. CATTLE REPORT)
Cattle Prices
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)
NBW Market Commmentary
NATIONAL STEER TRACKER: The highest price paid (25 hd min) on the Steer Tracker (700-899#) so far this year was $291.50 for 35 head (717#) from Bassett, NE at $291.50 (U.S. CATTLE REPORT)
US Cattle Report by National Beef Wire
PARIS STOCKYARD (NBW): The largest string sold on Thursday at Paris was 162 heifers (631#) at $253.50. The 2nd largest string was 119 steers (878#) at $240.25 (NBW AUCTION REPORT)
US Cattle Report by National Beef Wire
Boxed Beef AM: $304.17 (+2.24); Select: $280.30 (+1.30); Ch/Se Spread: 23.87; Total Loads: 66
US Cattle Report by National Beef Wire
NATIONAL STEER TRACKER: The largest steer string sold on Thursday on the National Steer Tracker (700-899#) was 150 steers (745#) from Stanford, Kentucky at $263.90. The average price for the top 10 steer strings sold on Thursday was $260.09, compared to $252.64 on Wednesday
Cattle Prices
CORN MARKETS: Today the corn will likely be stuck between short covering ahead of the weekend and preweekend harvest hedging. The bulls need a move above $4.83 in the December contract to start next week with the upper hand (Schwieterman)
NBW Market Commmentary
CATTLE MARKETS: Cash trade was solid, as well, with southern trade steady with week ago highs of $183 and the north as high as $187 and $293 in the beef. Cash traded feeders continue to climb, with the index moving to a record high of 254.09 (Schwieterman)
US Cattle Report by National Beef Wire
GRAIN TRENDS (Short Term/Long Term): CORN: Down/Down; WHEAT: Down/Down; SOYBEANS: Down/Down
National Corn Wire