Jul 02 2020

Texas Daily Ag Market News Summary Posted 4 years 149 days ago by Administrator Account

Daily Market Summary for July 2^nd

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Slaughter Cattle:

As of 3:00 PM Thursday, negotiated cash trading in the Southern Plains has been slow with moderate demand. Compared to the last reported market on Wednesday live trades moved steady to 2.00 lower from 93.00 to 95.00. So far for Thursday in the Northern Plains and Western Cornbelt negotiated cash trading has been slow on light demand. In the Northern Plains live trades moved steady, compared to the last reported market on Wednesday, with Nebraska live trades from 95.00 to 96.00, dressed from 154.00 to 155.00 and Colorado live trades at mostly 96.00. In the Western Cornbelt not enough trades on Thursday for a market trend. The last live trade market was on Monday with trades from 96.00 to 97.00. The last dressed market was on Tuesday with trades from 152.00 to 155.00.

   

Negotiated Sales:

Confirmed:              26,775

Week Ago:               17,389

Year Ago:                   None

      

Formula Net

Dressed Steers & Heifers:

Head count priced today:  30,000

Weighted avg. weight:       884 lbs.

Weighted avg. net price:    157.86

        

Cattle Slaughter under Federal Inspection:

Thursday (est)                   121,000

Week ago (est)                  120,000

Year ago (act)                        2,000

Week to Date                    484,000

Same Period Last Week   479,000

Same Period Last year     366,000

Previous Day (est)

Steers & Heifers:  94,000

Cows & Bulls:        27,000

                                                                                                              

Boxed Beef:

Cutout Values:

Choice: 205.44… +0.06

Select:  198.76… +0.33

Choice/Select Spread: 6.68

Total Load Count: 156

        

Cutter Cow Cutout:

193.94… -3.60

   

CME Feeder Cattle Index for July 1^st:

129.05… -0.08

          

Futures…

Live Cattle:

August: 99.40… +2.10

October: 102.67… +2.00

December: 105.92… +1.42

   

Feeder Cattle:

August: 134.87… +1.80

September: 135.85… +1.83

October: 136.70… +1.80

     

August Hogs: 49.20… +0.13

August Crude Oil: 40.65… -0.83

   

September Corn: 3.4350… -0.0700

August Soybeans: 8.9125… -0.0025

September Wheat: 4.9200… -0.0675

   

Grain Cash Bids:

Kansas City Corn: 3.47… -0.06

Kansas City Soybeans: 8.78… Unchanged

Kansas City Wheat: 4.96… -0.07

   

Financial Markets:

DJIA: 25,827.42… +92.38

S & P 500: 3,130.02… +14.15

NASDAQ: 10,207.63… +53.00

U.S. Dollar Index: 97.28… +0.08