May 15 2020

Texas Daily Ag Market News Summary Posted 4 years 197 days ago by Administrator Account

Daily Market Summary for May 15^th

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Slaughter Cattle:

As of 3:00 PM Friday, negotiated cash trading has been slow on light demand in all feeding regions. In the Southern Plains a few live trades moved at 120.00. However, not enough for a full market trend. The last fully reported market in the Texas Panhandle was on Tuesday with live trades at 110.00. In Kansas the last fully reported market was on Wednesday with live trades at 115.00. So far for Friday in Nebraska a few live and dressed trades moved from 119.00 to 120.00 and at 190.00, respectively. However, not enough for a full market trend. The last fully reported market was on Wednesday with the bulk of live and dressed trades at 110.00 and 180.00, respectively. Thus far for Friday in the Western Cornbelt not enough trades for a market trend. The last fully reported market was on Wednesday with the bulk of live and dressed trades moved at 115.00 and 180.00, respectively.                                 

   

Negotiated Sales:

Confirmed:          15,522

Week Ago:           11,392

Year Ago:               2,798

      

Formula Net

Dressed Steers & Heifers:

Head count priced today:   15,000

Weighted avg. weight:       846 lbs.

Weighted avg. net price:    171.75

        

Cattle Slaughter under Federal Inspection:

Friday (est)                             91,000

Week ago (est)                       85,000

Year ago (act)                       119,000

Week to Date                       449,000

Same Period Last Week     408,000

Same Period Last year       604,000

Previous Day (est)

Steers & Heifers:  70,000

Cows & Bulls:        22,000

                                                                                                              

Boxed Beef:

Cutout Values:

Choice: 434.32… -16.60

Select:  419.06… -18.34

Choice/Select Spread: 15.26

Total Load Count: 125

        

Cutter Cow Cutout:

236.50… +4.00

   

CME Feeder Cattle Index for May 14^th:

124.80… +0.85

       

Futures…

Live Cattle:

June: 97.00… +2.88

August: 97.82… +0.82

October: 100.35… +0.40

   

Feeder Cattle:

May: 124.72… +0.92

August: 131.07… +0.02

September: 132.75… +0.23

     

July Hogs: 57.87… -0.88

June Crude Oil: 29.43… +1.87

   

July Corn: 3.1925… +0.0175

July Soybeans: 8.3850… +0.0150

July Wheat: 5.0025… -0.0200

   

Grain Cash Bids:

Kansas City Corn: 3.24… +0.03

Kansas City Soybeans: 8.29… +0.02

Kansas City Wheat: 4.80… -0.02

   

Financial Markets:

DJIA: 23,685.42… +60.08

S & P 500: 2,863.70… +11.20

NASDAQ: 9,014.56… +70.84

U.S. Dollar Index: 100.40… -0.07