BEEF PRODUCTION: Weekly production reported at 562.5 million pounds, up 19.6% from last week, up 0.2% from last year (EWMP)
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Weekly cattle slaughter reported at 676K head, up 19.4% from last week, up 1.0% from last year (EWMP)
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CATTLE WEIGHTS: Live weights reported this week at 1,381 lbs., up 1 lb. from last week, down 13 lbs. from last year (EWMP)
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MEAT PRODUCTION: The United States has produced 25.51 billion pounds of beef and 25.52 billion pounds of pork so far in 2021 (EWMP)
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CME LIVESTOCK: Live Cattle: $142.15 (-0.45); Feeder Cattle: $164.125 (-1.65) Hogs: $85.875 (-0.45); Milk: $18.60 (+0.27)
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SCHWIETERMAN CATTLE: Choice was +1.80 and select +.28, while cash trade was very active, with nearly 63,000 head trading, as high as $142.50 and $221 in the beef (VIEW REPORT)
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CATTLE TRENDS (Short Term/Long Term): LIVE: Up/Up; FEEDERS: Up/Up (VIEW REPORT)
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CATTLE TRADE: A few live purchases traded steady with Wednesday at 140.00. In Nebraska and Western Cornbelt negotiated cash trading has been mostly inactive with light demand (VIEW REPORT)
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CATTLE EXPORTS: The United States has exported 382K head of cattle so far in 2021, up 92.5% from 2020. The United States has exported cattle to 30 different countries so far in 2021 (VIEW REPORT)
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CATTLE IMPORTS: The United States has imported 1.26 million head of cattle so far in 2021, down 18.7% from 2020 (VIEW REPORT)
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BEEF IMPORTS: The United States has imported 2.48 billion pounds of beef so far in 2021, down 6.2% from 2020. The United States has imported the most beef so far in 2021 from Canada followed by Mexico and New Zealand (VIEW REPORT)
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NATIONAL STEER TRACKER: The highest price paid last week on the National Steer Tracker (700-899#) was $181.00 for 23 head (721#) from Ogallala, Nebraska. The second highest price was $175.50 for 72 head (716#) from Bassett, Nebraska (VIEW REPORT)
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Placements from May through July are down nearly 7.4 percent compared to the previous year while placements the first seven months of 2021 are actually up 3.6 percent (Griffith)
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NATIONAL STEER TRACKER: The largest steer string sold on Tuesday on the National Steer Tracker (700-899#) was 189 steers (841#) from Kimball, South Dakota at $164.00. The second largest string was 131 steers (708#) from Wildorado, Texas at $153.75. The average price for the top 10 steer strings (700-899#) sold on Tuesday was $156.79, compared to $156.18 on Monday (VIEW REPORT)
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NATIONAL STEER TRACKER: The largest steer string sold last week on the National Steer Tracker (700-899#) was 304 steers (852#) from El Reno, Oklahoma at $146.00. The average price for the top 10 steer strings (700-899#) sold last week was $155.02, compared to $160.26 last week. (VIEW REPORT)
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PEEL: U.S. beef exports have bounced back from the pandemic disruptions last year. Total beef exports for the January – June period in 2021 are up 21.5 percent over the first six months of 2020 (VIEW REPORT)
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Weanling calf prices are expected to decline towards the end of September and through November. However, prices are not expected to decline as much as in previous years (Griffith)
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