Texas Daily Ag Market News Summary

USDA has not published reports today for Dressed Beef, Cutter Cow Cutout, and reported trade for Slaughter Cattle.  Also not available is the CME Feeder Cattle Index.

Fed Cattle:  As of 3:00 PM, report unavailable.

Negotiated Sales:

Confirmed:        

Week Ago:         

Year Ago:            

Formula Net - Dressed Steers & Heifers:

Head count priced today:   

Weighted avg. weight:         

Weighted avg. net price:     

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Cattle Slaughter under Federal Inspection

Monday             125,000

Week Ago          124,000

Year Ago            127,000

Week to Date    244,000

Last Week          247,000

Last Year            248,000 

Friday

Steers & Heifers:  94,000

Cows & Bulls:        25,000

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Boxed Beef:

Cutout Values:

Choice: 305.50

Select:  280.45

Choice/Select Spread: 25.05

Total Load Count: 96

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Cutter Cow Cutout:

237.91

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CME Feeder Cattle Index for August 11th:

244.81… +0.29 / +0.12%

1 Year Change: +36.73%

52 Week Range: 172.03 to 245.84

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Futures Settlements…

Live Cattle:

August: 179.10… -0.65

October: 179.97… -0.70

December: 184.17… -0.80

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Feeder Cattle:

August: 245.87… -0.35

September: 249.77… -0.35

October: 251.55… -0.30

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October Lean Hogs: 78.20… -0.95

September Crude Oil: 80.99… -1.52

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September Corn: 4.6400… -0.1175

September Wheat: 5.9850… -0.1750

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Grain Cash Bids:

Omaha Corn: 5.44… -0.12

Kansas City Wheat: 6.73… -0.13

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Financial Markets:

DJIA: 34,946.99… -361.27

S & P 500: 4,437.79… -52.07

NASDAQ: 13,631.05… -157.28

U.S. Dollar Index: 103.23… +0.04