Texas Daily Ag Market News Summary

USDA reported at 3:00 PM on Monday that negotiated cash trading has been mostly inactive on light demand in all feeding regions. The latest established market was last week in all feeding regions. In the Southern Plains, live FOB purchases traded from 186.00-187.00. In Nebraska, live and dressed purchases traded mostly from 187.00-188.00 and 290.00, respectively. In the Western Cornbelt, live FOB purchases sold from 185.00-188.00 and dressed delivered purchases sold from 290.00 to 300.00.

Confirmed: 657

Week Ago:  197

Year Ago:      50

Head count priced today:  35,900

Weighted avg. weight:            913

Weighted avg. net price:   297.46

Monday                 120,000

Week Ago              118,000

Year Ago                124,000

Week to Date        120,000

Last Week WTD    118,000

Last Year WTD      124,069

Steers & Heifers:   93,000

Cows & Bulls:         24,000

Choice: 309.71… +2.30

Select:  273.74… +1.67

Choice/Select Spread: 35.97

Total Load Count: 126

261.48… +2.70

254.72… +0.18 / +0.07%

1 Year Change: +10.57%

52 Week Range: 215.33 to 261.88

December: 186.50… -0.27

February: 187.70… -0.50

April: 189.65… -0.30

January: 255.47… +1.17

March: 254.32… +1.20

April: 255.52… +1.17

February Lean Hogs: 85.92… +0.25

November Crude Oil: 69.07… -2.17

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February Corn: 4.3300… -0.0225

February Wheat: 5.5575… -0.0900

Omaha Corn: 4.05… -0.02

Kansas City Wheat: 4.82… -0.06

DJIA: 44,736.48… +439.97

S & P 500: 5,987.31… +18.07

NASDAQ: 19,054.84… +51.19

U.S. Dollar Index: 106.89… +0.66