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Market Update
Boxed Beef AM: $314.25 (+0.80); Select: $301.35 (+3.95); Ch/Se Spread: 12.90; Total Loads: 48
US Cattle Report by National Beef Wire
MONDAY SALES: Joplin, Blue Grass, Central Livestock, Sioux Falls, Stockmen's, Springfield, OKC West, WNC, Russell, Central Ozarks, Gainesville, Callaway, Glasgow, Olean, Central Oregon, Cleburne Co, Pruitt's (WATCH LIVE)
Salebarn Network
LIVESTOCK COMMENTS: Packers and cattle feeders waited until the eleventh hour again this week to begin trading finished cattle. Fed cattle traded $2 higher compared to last week on a live basis. At midday Friday, the Choice cutout was $313.53 up $3.38 from Thursday and up $19.33 from a week ago
NBW Market Commmentary
CME LIVESTOCK: Live Cattle: $181.50 (+0.45); Feeder Cattle: $259.05 (-0.80); Hogs: $99.75 (-0.30) (VIEW COMMODITY QUOTES)
US Cattle Report by National Beef Wire
CME GRAINS: Corn: $4.6125 (+0.0875); Wheat: $6.8375 (+0.325); Soybeans: $12.45 (+0.17); Soybean Meal: $371.60 (+2.80) (VIEW COMMODITY QUOTES)
National Corn Wire
CATTLE WEIGHTS: Live weights reported this week at 1,398 lbs., unch from last week, up 48 lbs. from last year (EWMP)
US Cattle Report by National Beef Wire
Weekly cattle slaughter reported at 598K head, compared to 622K last week and 640K last year. YTD slaughter at 11.99 million head, down 4.5% from last year (EWMP)
US Cattle Report by National Beef Wire
U.S. CATTLE REPORT: Dressed cattle sales hit $300; Boxed beef up whopping $18.88 since last Fri; Cattle slaughter drops below 600K; Daily drop up 70 cents to $11.40; Dow closes above 40K
US Cattle Report by National Beef Wire
REAL TIME PRICES: The largest CALF string sold in the last 7 days was 116 heifers (451#) from Dunlap, IA at $336.50 (VIEW PRICES)
National Calf Tracker
REAL TIME PRICES: The largest STEER string (700-899#) sold on Saturday was 141 steers (706#) from Turlock, CA at $286.00 (VIEW PRICES)
Cattle Prices
Short-Range Weather Forecast:Expect severe thunderstorms across the Central Plains into the Midwest. Thunderstorms are also possible in the Middle Mississippi Valley to Lower Michigan in the afternoon
Weather
Boxed Beef PM: Choice: $313.45 (+3.30); Select: $297.40 (+0.89); Ch/Se Spread: 16.05; Total Loads: 99 compared to 115 on Thursday
Cattle Prices
Beef Production Down 3.7% From Last Week, Cattle Weights Up 48 Pounds From Last Year (ewmp)
US Cattle Report by National Beef Wire
ENERGY PRICES: Crude Oil: $80.06 (+0.83); Ethanol: $1.78 (-0.03); Natural Gas: $2.626 (+0.131) (Nat-Gas Prices Finish Sharply Higher as Oversupply Fears Ease)
Market Update
STOCK UPDATE: Dow 30: 40,003.59 (+134.21); Nasdaq: 16,685.97 (-12.35); S&P 500: 5,303.27 (+6.17) (Stocks Settle Mixed As Indexes Consolidate Below Record Highs)
Market Update
LIVESTOCK, DAIRY & POULTRY OUTLOOK (MAY): Tightening supplies of cattle will continue to pull down U.S. beef production in 2025, supporting a 6-percent year-over-year decline to 25.120 billion pounds
Ag Reports: Most Recent
U.S. EXPORT SALES: Beef sales of 15,100 MT for 2024 were up 23 percent from the previous week, but down 11 percent from the prior 4-week average
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