DTN Cattle Close/Trends 08/31 15:40
31 Aug 2018
USDA MARKET NEWS--AFTERNOON CATTLE REPORT 08/31/18 VOLUME USDA TOTAL RANGE DTN PRACTICAL RANGE WT AVG KANSAS CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 75 WEEK T0 DATE: 1,045 STEERS 75 107.00-107.00 107.00-107.00 107.00 HEIFERS No reportable trade NEBRASKA CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 4,550 WEEK TO DATE: 6,992 STEERS 960 170.00-170.00 170.00-170.00 170.00 HEIFERS 1,386 170.00-171.00 170.00-171.00 171.00 TEXAS CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 0 WEEK TO DATE: 0 STEERS No reportable trade HEIFERS No reportable trade COLORADO CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 0 WEEK TO DATE: 0 STEERS No reportable trade HEIFERS No reportable trade IOWA CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 2,904 WEEK TO DATE: 18,457 STEERS 1,155 168.00-171.00 168.00-171.00 169.43 HEIFERS No reportable trade COMMENTS: At the time of this close not much trade has taken place. Just A light trade in parts of the North, with dressed deals generally $3 Lr and Live sales roughly $2 lr. We will continue to watch for further sale into the Early evening and report those on the Daily Sales Reported to DTN page. 5-AREA LV STR AVE PR&WT: $106.88(1442) HIDE&OFFAL: $9.52 Unchg CARCASS EQV INDEX CHOICE (600-900#) SELECT (600-900#) #OF HD LIVE BASED 160.63 149.47 20,245 BOX BASED 197.69 189.27 38,429 AVE INDEX 179.16 -1.84 169.37 -1.29 58,674 BEEF CUTOUTS CHOICE (600-900#) SELECT (600-900#) 209.69 -2.04 201.27 -0.94 32.02 LDS CH CUTS / 26.59 LDS SEL CUTS / 0.00 LDS TRIM / 24.43 LDS GROUND BOXED BEEF TREND: Lr/shrply lr on lt-mod dem & offers COMPREHENSIVE WEEKLY CUTOUT VALUE: Week ending 08/24 $207.73 +3.13 CUTTER 90% 350# UP C/O: $169.95 +2.18 NAT'L BONELESS BF TRIM: 3.32 lds / Not fully established 90% TRIM: 06 lds: Wtd Avg $213.79 / Firm to higher FI KILL(WTD) FRI 118(591) WK AGO 113(583) YR AGO 117(583) MIX: THU SH94/CB24 SAT 44(635) WK AGO 53(636) YR AGO 40(623) WEEKLY CANADIAN CATTLE IMPORTS. FEEDERS SLAUGHTER S&H Week Ending: 08/18/18 1,793 7,031 Week Ending: 08/11/18 1,745 6,638 Change from prev week: +48 +393