Dec 21 2022

Texas Daily Ag Market News Summary Posted 1 years 341 days ago by Administrator Account

Daily Market Summary for December 21st

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Slaughter Cattle:

As of 3:00 PM Wednesday in the Southern and Northern Plains, negotiated cash trade was at a standstill. In the Western Cornbelt negotiated cash trade was mostly inactive on light demand. Not enough purchases for a market trend in any feeding region. The latest established market in the Southern Plains was last week with live purchases at 155.00. For the prior week in Nebraska and Western Cornbelt live and dressed purchases traded from 155.00-157.00 and at 248.00, respectively. In Colorado the last fully reported market was two weeks ago with live purchases at 157.00.

Negotiated Sales:

Confirmed:    2,642

Week Ago:        504

Year Ago:     16,453

Formula Net - Dressed Steers & Heifers:

Head count priced today:   18,500

Weighted avg. weight:         887.00

Weighted avg. net price:     254.34

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Cattle Slaughter under Federal Inspection

Wednesday (est)                 122,000

Week ago (est)                     118,000

Year ago (act)                       122,000

Week to Date                       346,000

Same Period Last Week     364,000

Same Period Last Year       363,000

Tuesday:

Steers & Heifers:             96,000

Cows & Bulls:                   28,000

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Boxed Beef:

Cutout Values:

Choice: 264.86… -0.19

Select:  236.29… +2.39

Choice/Select Spread: 28.57

Total Load Count: 118

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Cutter Cow Cutout:

189.90... -0.75

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CME Feeder Cattle Index for December 20th:

178.14… +0.13 / +0.07%

1 Year Change: +11.16%

52 Week Range: 152.31 to 183.16

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Futures Settlements…

Live Cattle:

December: 156.12… +1.07

February: 157.70… +2.13

April: 161.17… +1.52

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Feeder Cattle:

January: 183.82… +0.20

March: 185.72… +0.70

April: 189.35… +0.88

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February Hogs: 88.40… +4.15

February Crude Oil: 78.29… +2.06

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March Corn: 6.6225… +0.1025

March Wheat: 7.6775… +0.1725

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Grain Cash Bids:

Omaha Corn: 7.30… +0.21

Kansas City Wheat: 8.29… +0.17

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Financial Markets:

DJIA: 33,376.48... +526.47

S & P 500: 3,878.40... +56.67

NASDAQ: 10,709.37... +162.26

U.S. Dollar Index: 104.17... +0.20