Although too few to trend, there were a few early negotiated cash fed cattle sales in the Texas Panhandle on Tuesday at $95/cwt. on a live basis, and a few in Kansas at $94-$95. There were also a few dressed trades in Nebraska at mostly $157-$160 and a few in the western Corn Belt at $160 (a few live sales at $100).
Cattle futures paused the recent rally, giving back a minority of gains.
Except for 25¢ higher in near Oct and 2¢ higher at the back, Live Cattle futures closed an average of 37¢ lower.
Except for 5¢ higher in Apr, Feeder Cattle futures closed an average of 60¢ lower (25¢ lower at the back to $1.22 lower in spot Aug).
Choice boxed beef cutout value was 16¢ lower Tuesday afternoon at $205.30/cwt. Select was 13¢ lower at $196.84.
Corn futures closed mostly 3¢ lower through Jul ’21 and then mostly fractionally lower.
Soybean futures closed 1¢ to 3¢ lower through Nov ’21 and then fractionally lower to 1¢ higher.
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