Dec 17 2021

Texas Daily Ag Market News Summary Posted 2 years 346 days ago by

Daily Market Summary for December 17^th

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Slaughter Cattle:

As of 3:00 PM Friday, negotiated cash trading has been mostly inactive on light demand in Nebraska and the Western Cornbelt. Not enough purchases in either region for a market trend. Negotiated cash trading has been at a standstill in all other major feeding regions. The last reported market in Kansas was on Tuesday with live purchases at 138.00. On Wednesday in the Texas Panhandle live purchases traded at 136.00. In Nebraska on Wednesday, dressed purchases traded at 218.00. The last reported live market in Nebraska was last week from 138.00-140.00. The last reported market in Colorado was last week with live purchases at 140.00. Last week in the Western Cornbelt live and dressed purchases traded from 138.00-140.00 and from 218.00-220.00, respectively.

 

Negotiated Sales:

Confirmed:    2,764

Week Ago:     3,030

Year Ago:       4,525

Formula Net - Dressed Steers & Heifers:

Head count priced today:   24,100

Weighted avg. weight:        906.00

Weighted avg. net price:    224.19

 

Cattle Slaughter under Federal Inspection:

Friday (est)                         120,000

Week ago (est)                   121,000

Year ago (act)                     116,000

Week to Date                      599,000

Same Period Last Week    610,000

Same Period Last Year      585,000

Wednesday

Steers & Heifers:  95,000

Cows & Bulls:        27,000

 

Boxed Beef:

Cutout Values:

Choice: 263.01… +0.04

Select:  248.28… +0.14

Choice/Select Spread: 14.73

Total Load Count: 107

 

Cutter Cow Cutout:

227.45… +2.25

 

CME Feeder Cattle Index for December 16^th:

161.04… -0.04 / -0.02%

1 Year Change: +16.29%

52 Week Range: 130.15 to 162.46

 

Futures Settlements…

Live Cattle:

December: 134.75… -0.52

February: 136.42… -0.63

April: 140.60… -0.35

 

Feeder Cattle:

January: 160.25… -2.32

March: 161.70… -2.62

April: 164.87… -2.40

 

February Hogs: 80.80… +0.45

January Crude Oil: 70.86… -1.52

 

March Corn: 5.9325… +0.0200

March Wheat: 7.7500… +0.0450

 

Grain Cash Bids:

Omaha Corn: 5.83… +0.02

Kansas City Wheat: 7.80… +0.06

 

Financial Markets:

DJIA: 35,366.56… -529.63

S & P 500: 4,619.98… -51.07

NASDAQ: 15,165.63… -24.41

U.S. Dollar Index: 96.62… +0.58