Feb 25 2022

Texas Daily Ag Market News Summary Posted 2 years 276 days ago by Administrator Account

Daily Market Summary for February 25^th

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Slaughter Cattle:

As of 3:00 PM Friday, negotiated cash trading has been limited with light demand in the Southern Plains. A few live purchases traded at 142.00, however, not enough for a full market trend. Thursday was the last reported market in the Southern Plains with the Texas Panhandle live purchases at 142.00 and in Kansas live purchases ranged from 141.00-142.00. Thus far for Friday in Nebraska and Western Cornbelt negotiated cash trading has been mostly inactive on light demand. Not enough purchases in either region for a market trend. In Nebraska on Wednesday saw with live and dressed purchases at 144.00 and 227.00, respectively. In the Western Cornbelt on Thursday live purchases ranged from 144.00-145.00 and on Wednesday dressed purchases traded from 226.00-227.00.

 

Negotiated Sales:

Confirmed:       6,594

Week Ago:        2,396

Year Ago:         14,623

Formula Net - Dressed Steers & Heifers:

Head count priced today:   28,500

Weighted avg. weight:        882.00

Weighted avg. net price:     227.84

 

Cattle Slaughter under Federal Inspection

Friday (est)                           119,000

Week ago (est)                     121,000

Year ago (act)                       119,000

Week to Date                       597,000

Same Period Last Week    609,000

Same Period Last Year       603,000

Thursday

Steers & Heifers:  98,000

Cows & Bulls:        26,000

 

Boxed Beef:

Cutout Values:

Choice: 258.27… -0.97

Select:  255.41… +0.86

Choice/Select Spread: 2.86

Total Load Count: 104

 

Cutter Cow Cutout:

228.13… -0.72

 

CME Feeder Cattle Index for February 24^th:

160.58… -1.24 / -0.77%

1 Year Change: +15.60%

52 Week Range: 130.15 to 165.35

 

Futures Settlements…

Live Cattle:

February: 139.27… -1.25

April: 141.92… -0.38

June: 138.30… -0.30

 

Feeder Cattle:

March: 160.02… +0.92

April: 164.75… +0.95

May: 170.60… +0.88

 

April Hogs: 103.67… -1.85

April Crude Oil: 91.59… -1.22

 

March Corn: 6.5950… -0.3550

March Wheat: 8.4300… -0.8300

 

Grain Cash Bids:

Omaha Corn: 6.60… -0.35

Kansas City Wheat: 8.57… -0.76

 

Financial Markets:

DJIA: 34,058.55… +879.93

S & P 500: 4,384.62… +96.18

NASDAQ: 13,695.47… +237.08

U.S. Dollar Index: 96.56… -0.58