Negotiated cash fed cattle trade and demand were light to moderate in the Southern Plains through Wednesday afternoon at $114/cwt., according to the Agricultural Marketing Service; steady with the previous week. Trade was light on moderate demand in Nebraska with dressed prices $2 lower at $180. Elsewhere, trade was limited on light demand, with too few transactions to trend.
Cattle feeders offered 1,592 head (10 lots) in Central Stockyards’ weekly Fed Cattle Exchange auction. All were from Texas, except for one lot from Nebraska. Of those offered, 757 head sold (four lots), with 167 heifers bringing an average price of $114.08/cwt. and 590 steers bringing an average of $114.00. All sales were by live weight.
Similarly, Choice steers and heifers sold steady to $1 lower at the fat auction in Tama, IA. There were 150 Choice 2-4 steers weighing an average of 1,473 lbs., bringing an average of $114.19/cwt., which was steady with the prior week’s negotiated trade.
Cattle futures closed mainly higher Wednesday, supported by lower Corn futures and oversold conditions.
Live Cattle futures closed an average of 59¢ higher, except for an average of 5¢ lower in the front two contracts.
Feeder Cattle futures closed an average of $1.28 higher, from 47¢ higher in spot Mar to $1.97 higher toward the back.
Choice boxed beef cutout value was $1.65 lower Wednesday afternoon at $233.03/cwt. Select was $1.93 lower at $224.24.
Corn futures closed 2¢ to 10¢ lower through May ‘22 and then mostly fractionally mixed.
Soybean futures closed 3¢ to 7¢ lower through Mar ‘22, and then mostly fractionally higher to 1¢ lower.
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