NATIONAL CALF TRACKER: The largest CALF string on Thursday was 135 steers (444#) from Belle Fourche, South Dakota at $208.00. The average price paid on Thursday for the top 10 calf strings was $181.48, compared to $182.05 on Wednesday (VIEW REPORT)
National Calf Tracker
NATIONAL CATTLE TRACKER: The largest steer and heifer string sold on Thursday was 246 steers (902#) from Broken Bow, Nebraska at $162.50 (VIEW REPORT)
Cattle Prices
NATURAL GAS: Henry Hub down 66 cents to $4.79. The price of the 12-month strip averaging November 2021 through October 2022 futures contracts declined 19 cents to $4.530 (VIEW REPORT)
Cash Prices
DROUGHT MONITOR: Rain continues to improve drought conditions in the Northern Plains and Minnesota, shrinking areas of Extreme Drought (VIEW REPORT)
Weather
PORK EXPORTS: Net sales of 20,900 MT reported for 2021 were down 38 percent from the previous week and 36 percent from the prior 4-week average (VIEW REPORT)
Exports
BEEF EXPORTS: Net sales of 7,800 MT reported for 2021--a marketing-year low--were down 50 percent from the previous week and 51 percent from the prior 4-week average (VIEW REPORT)
Exports
LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER: Beef production, at 2.30 billion pounds, was 2 percent below the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.79 million head, down 1 percent from September 2020. The average live weight was down 14 pounds from the previous year, at 1,365 pounds (VIEW REPORT)
Livestock Slaughter
LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER: Record Low Veal and Lamb and Mutton Production in September (VIEW REPORT)
Ag Reports: Most Recent
CATTLE SLAUGHTER BY STATE: The United States slaughtered 2.789 million head of cattle in September 2021, down 25.9K head from the same time last year (VIEW REPORT)
Livestock Slaughter
CATTLE SLAUGHTER BY STATE: Kansas slaughtered 561.6K head of cattle in September 2021, up 2.5K head from the same time last year
Livestock Slaughter
CATTLE SLAUGHTER BY STATE: Nebraska slaughtered 580.2K head of cattle in September 2021, down 35.9K head from the same time last year
Livestock Slaughter
HOG SLAUGHTER BY STATE: The United States slaughtered 10.76 million head of hogs in September 2021, down 267K head from the same time last year (VIEW REPORT)
Livestock Slaughter
RED MEAT PRODUCTION BY STATE: The United States produced 4.58 billion pounds of red meat in September 2021, down 128.1 million pounds from the same time last year (VIEW REPORT)
Ag Reports: Most Recent
RED MEAT PRODUCTION: Nebraska produced 653.7 million pounds of red meat in September 2021, down 38.2 million pounds from the same time last year (VIEW REPORT)
Livestock Slaughter
RED MEAT PRODUCTION: Iowa produced 729.2 million pounds of red meat in September 2021, down 14.9 million pounds from the same time last year
Livestock Slaughter
MEATBOARD: Boxed Beef Choice: $280.66 (+0.63); Pork Carcass: $98.28 (+1.41); Chicken Breast: $178.848 (-8.04) (Thu pm)
Cash Prices
Boxed Beef PM: Choice: $280.66 (+0.63); Select: $262.72 (-0.08); Ch/Se Spread: 17.94; Total Loads: 158 compared to 128 on Wednesday
Cattle Prices
CME LIVESTOCK: Live Cattle: $129.55 (-0.975); Feeder Cattle: $159.075 (-0.275) Hogs: $73.20 (-2.825); Milk: $19.46 (+0.41)
US Cattle Report by National Beef Wire