Texas Daily Ag Market News Summary

USDA reported at 3:00 PM on Tuesday that negotiated cash trade in the Southern Plains and Nebraska has been at a standstill. In the Western Cornbelt negotiated cash trading has been mostly inactive with very light demand. Not enough purchases for a market trend. The last reported market in all regions was last week. In the Southern Plains live FOB purchases traded at 190.00. In Nebraska and Western Cornbelt live FOB and dressed delivered purchases traded at 190.00 and from 296.00-298.00, respectively.

Confirmed:             78

Week Ago:         6,496

Year Ago:             313

Head count priced today:  23400

Weighted avg. weight:           921

Weighted avg. net price:   307.96

Tuesday                 124,000

Week Ago              124,000

Year Ago                 125,647

Week to Date        244,000

Last Week WTD    248,334

Last Year WTD      122,687

Steers & Heifers:     97,000

Cows & Bulls:           23,000

Choice: 317.21… +0.30

Select:  285.24… -1.92

Choice/Select Spread: 31.97

Total Load Count: 142

273.15… -0.77

250.73… -0.27 / -0.11%

1 Year Change: +4.94%

52 Week Range: 215.33 to 261.88

December: 184.77… -0.30

February: 185.95… +0.03

April: 187.00… +0.13

November: 246.15… -0.20

January: 242.35… -0.07

March: 240.50… +0.25

December Lean Hogs: 81.12… -2.10

November Crude Oil: 72.13… +0.66

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December Corn: 4.1850… +0.0200

December Wheat: 5.7250… +0.0375

Omaha Corn: 3.93… +0.01

Kansas City Wheat: 5.17… +0.06

DJIA: 42,228.24… +433.64

S & P 500: 5,783.36… +70.62

NASDAQ: 18,438.62… +258.54

U.S. Dollar Index: 103.45… -0.44