Dec 04 2023

Texas Daily Ag Market News Summary Posted 357 days ago by Administrator Account

Daily Market Summary for December 4th

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As of 3:00 PM Monday in the Southern Plains, Nebraska and the Western Cornbelt, negotiated cash trade has been at a standstill. Last week in the Southern Plains and Nebraska live FOB purchases traded from 174.00-175.00. Last week in Nebraska dressed delivered purchases traded at 275.00. Last week in the Western Cornbelt live FOB purchases traded from 173.00-175.00 and dressed purchases from 274.00-275.00.

Negotiated Sales:                                                                                               

Confirmed:          50

Week Ago:     4,710

Year Ago:          271

Formula Net - Dressed Steers & Heifers:

Head count priced today:   33,600

Weighted avg. weight:         884.00

Weighted avg. net price:     284.43

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Cattle Slaughter under Federal Inspection

Monday                  125,000

Week Ago               123,000

Year Ago                 125,000

Friday

Steers & Heifers:      95,000

Cows & Bulls:            27,000

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Boxed Beef:

Cutout Values:

Choice: 294.72… -2.74

Select:  262.83… -2.66

Choice/Select Spread: 31.89

Total Load Count: 169

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Cutter Cow Cutout:

210.60… -4.32

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CME Feeder Cattle Index for December 1st:

223.27… -2.62 / -1.16%

1 Year Change: +25.33%

52 Week Range: 173.63 to 254.09

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Futures Settlements…

Live Cattle:

December: 167.25… -2.02

February: 167.07… -2.05

April: 169.70… -1.92

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Feeder Cattle:

January: 210.52… -3.90

March: 213.57… -3.65

April: 217.42… -3.75

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February Lean Hogs: 70.80… +0.70

January Crude Oil: 73.04… -1.03

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March Corn: 4.8550… +0.0075

March Wheat: 6.2050… +0.1775

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Grain Cash Bids:

Omaha Corn: 4.65… -0.01

Kansas City Wheat: 5.83… +0.11

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Financial Markets:

DJIA: 36,204.37… -39.68

S & P 500: 4,569.78… -23.94

NASDAQ: 14,185.49… -115.84

U.S. Dollar Index: 103.65… +0.38