DTN Cattle Close/Trends 04/19 15:25
19 Apr 2018
USDA MARKET NEWS--AFTERNOON CATTLE REPORT 04/19/18 VOLUME USDA TOTAL RANGE DTN PRACTICAL RANGE WT AVG KANSAS CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 15,159 WEEK T0 DATE: 15,271 STEERS 6,865 120.00-122.00 121.00-122.00 121.86 HEIFERS 6,066 119.00-122.00 121.00-122.00 121.62 NEBRASKA CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 1,544 WEEK TO DATE: 15,762 STEERS 215 192.00-192.00 192.00-192.00 192.00 HEIFERS 319 188.00-192.00 191.00-192.00 190.58 TEXAS CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 9,310 WEEK TO DATE: 9,310 STEERS 4,042 120.00-122.00 121.00-122.00 121.04 HEIFERS 2,815 119.00-122.00 121.00-122.00 120.94 COLORADO CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 1,445 WEEK TO DATE: 1,445 STEERS 633 119.00-122.00 120.00-121.00 119.57 HEIFERS 586 118.00-119.00 118.00-119.00 118.75 IOWA CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 267 WEEK TO DATE: 580 STEERS 160 190.00-192.00 190.00-192.00 191.00 HEIFERS 87 190.00-190.00 190.00-190.00 190.00 COMMENTS: A light to moderate trade developed in the South today with Business generally $4 higher than last week's weighted averages. Just a little Light trade was reported in the North, but certainly not enough to establish Any kind of accurate trend. 5-AREA LV STR AVE PR&WT: $120.95(1470) HIDE&OFFAL: $ 9.77 -0.01 CARCASS EQV INDEX CHOICE (600-900#) SELECT (600-900#) #OF HD LIVE BASED 180.22 168.08 66,677 BOX BASED 199.34 186.48 52,860 AVE INDEX 189.78 +0.02 177.28 +0.12 119,537 BEEF CUTOUTS CHOICE (600-900#) SELECT (600-900#) 211.34 -0.30 198.48 -0.09 100.00 LDS CH CUTS / 48.76 LDS SEL CUTS / 7.82 LDS TRIM / 27.54 LDS GROUND BOXED BEEF TREND: Wk on Ch & stdy on Sel on lt-mod dem & mod-hvy offers COMPREHENSIVE WEEKLY CUTOUT VALUE: Week ending 04/13 $211.97 -2.62 CUTTER 90% 350# UP C/O: $172.51 -0.49 NAT'L BONELESS BF TRIM: 58.31 lds / Gen stdy on mod dem & offers 90% TRIM: 15 lds: Wtd Avg $218.20 / Firm to slightly higher FI KILL(WTD) THU 115(470) WK AGO 119(475) YR AGO 118(457) MIX: WED SH93/CB26 WEEKLY CANADIAN CATTLE IMPORTS. FEEDERS SLAUGHTER S&H Week Ending: 04/07/18 4,916 5,954 Week Ending: 03/31/18 10,620 7,180 Change from prev week: -5,704 -1,226