Cattle trade on Thursday remained limited, with only a few reported purchases in Kansas at $225.00—insufficient to establish a market trend. The most recent established trade in Kansas and the Texas Panhandle occurred Wednesday at $224.00. In Nebraska, Wednesday's market saw live sales ranging from $230.00 to $232.00 (#cattletrade)
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LIVESTOCK COMMENTS: In reality, live cattle futures do not represent the price of finished cattle in today’s market, but it does act as a proxy for directional price movement. This trend is likely to persist for the foreseeable future.
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On Thursday, July 3, 2025, federally inspected cattle slaughter totaled 115,000 head, up from 105,000 the previous week and 6,319 head on the same day a year ago. Week-to-date slaughter reached 475,000 head, compared to 452,000 last week and 362,036 last year. Year-to-date cattle slaughter stands at 15,051,781 head, down 5.6% from 15,937,909 at this point in 2024.
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July corn is currently trading at $4.3175, up 2.5 cents on the day and 11.75 cents over the past two sessions. Since closing at $4.095 on Thursday, June 26—the lowest mark in June—corn has gained in four of the last five trading days, rising a total of 22.25 cents. In the Corn Belt, warm, mostly sunny weather is promoting a rapid pace of corn and soybean development, with a portion of both crops moving into the reproductive stage of development (corn futures)
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CLARA LIVE: Coffeyville Stockyards (North Town) in Coffeyville, KS, holds three of the top ten all-time 7-weight steer prices in Kansas, including the two highest ever recorded. On June 18, 2025, the barn sold 28 head at 703 lbs for $360.00/cwt and 23 head at 727 lbs for $358.00/cwt, setting new state records for the weight class
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BOXED BEEF: The plate was quoted at $311.87 on Tuesday, up from $303.91 on Monday—marking the highest value ever recorded for the primal, surpassing even the COVID-era highs of 2020. Monday and Tuesday represent the only two times in history that the plate has exceeded $300. The plate primal includes cuts such as short ribs, skirt steak, hanger steak, and navel
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CLARA LIVE: At Ozarks Regional Stockyards in West Plains, MO, the top two 7-weight steer sales on Tuesday featured 69 head weighing 736 lbs and 66 head at 786 lbs, both bringing $321.00/cwt. The top two sales now rank as the 7th and 8th highest 7-weight steer prices ever recorded at the barn
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Osage Nation Ranch auctioning off more than 500 head of cattle at the July 2 Bluestem Special
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History Keeps Happening (THE BEEF)... Yesterday June LC futures expired at $225.87, the highest expiration in live cattle futures market history and $10/cwt above where April LC expired. June expired just $3.25 its contract high of $229.12. August LC has taken up the mantel of spot, trading today slightly below the mid-May lows established by the June
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CLARA LIVE: 🎉 Joplin has some big strings to report on Monday morning. Joplin (Carthage, MO) sold 213 head weighing 796 lbs at $321.00/cwt on 6/30/25. Another 121 head at 808 lbs brought $307.50, while 104 head weighing 865 lbs sold for $293.50.
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Nation's Oldest Cattlemen's Association Celebrates Another Successful Annual Convention in 2025
Cow-Calf Today
Cattle Battle: How wolves and livestock collide – and how one Idaho project offers solutions
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U.S. pasture conditions were rated 43% good to excellent as of this week, down 3 points from the previous week and below 47% from the same time last year. Regionally, Missouri led at 87%, Kansas followed at 61%, Texas declined to 49%, and Nebraska improved to 27%.
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