Jan 08 2021

Texas Daily Ag Market News Summary Posted 8 days ago ago by Administrator Account

Daily Market Summary for January 8^th

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Slaughter Cattle:

As of 3:00 PM Friday in Kansas, Nebraska and Western Cornbelt, negotiated cash trading has been limited on light demand. In Nebraska a few dressed purchases traded at 176.00 steady with the last reported market on Thursday. On Thursday live purchases traded from 110.00-111.00. In the Western Cornbelt and Kansas not enough purchases for a market trend. Thus far for Friday in the Texas Panhandle and Colorado negotiated cash trading was at a standstill. Thursday was the last fully reported market in these regions. In the Southern Plains and Colorado live purchases traded at 112.00. In the Western Cornbelt live and dressed purchases traded at 110.00 and 175.00-177.00, respectively.

      

Negotiated Sales:

Confirmed:        19,316

Week Ago:            None

Year Ago:           63,706

      

Formula Net

Dressed Steers & Heifers:

Head count priced today:  14,000

Weighted avg. weight:       884 lbs.

Weighted avg. net price:    180.34

        

Cattle Slaughter under Federal Inspection:

Friday (est)                           117,000

Week ago (est)                                0

Year ago (act)                      120,000

Week to Date                      583,000

Same Period Last Week     448,000

Same Period Last Year       612,000

Previous Day (est)

Steers & Heifers:  93,000

Cows & Bulls:        26,000

                                                                                                              

Boxed Beef:

Cutout Values:

Choice: 206.80… +0.99

Select:  196.69… +0.10

Choice/Select Spread: 10.11

Total Load Count: 138

            

Cutter Cow Cutout:

174.94… +0.58

   

CME Feeder Cattle Index for January 7^th:

135.63… +0.28

            

Futures Settlements…

Live Cattle:

February: 114.47… -0.50

April: 119.30… -0.20

June: 115.27… -0.10

   

Feeder Cattle:

January: 135.82… -0.88

March: 136.82… -0.75

April: 139.07… -0.60

     

February Hogs: 68.70… -0.42

January Crude Oil: 52.24… +1.41

   

March Corn: 4.9625… +0.0225

March Wheat: 6.3875… -0.0350

   

Grain Cash Bids:

Kansas City Corn: 4.89… +0.02

Kansas City Wheat: 5.65… -0.04

   

Financial Markets:

DJIA: 31,097.97… +56.84

S & P 500: 3,824.68… +20.89

NASDAQ: 13,201.98… +134.50

U.S. Dollar Index: 90.05… +0.21