Cash fed cattle trade was yet to develop to any degree through Wednesday afternoon. Fat auctions in the western Corn Belt provided divergent signals.
At Sioux Falls Regional in South Dakota, slaughter steers and heifers sold $5-$7/cwt. lower than the previous week. For instance, Choice 2-3 steers (857 head) weighing an average of 1,420 lbs. brought $111.94. That’s $3-$4 lower than last week’s country trade in the region.
On the other hand, with a significantly narrower offering, Choice steers and heifers brought $118.00 to $120.75 at Tama, IA.
Although closing well off of session highs, Cattle futures firmed Wednesday, helped along by the latest rebound in Lean Hogs.
Live Cattle futures closed an average of 41¢ higher.
Feeder Cattle futures closed an average of 22¢ higher, except for 42¢ lower in spot Aug and 7¢ lower in Sep.
Wholesale beef values were steady to firm on moderate to fairly good demand and moderate offerings, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service.
Choice boxed beef cutout value was 71¢ higher Wednesday afternoon at $216.49/cwt. Select was 6¢ higher at $192.71.
Corn futures closed mostly 1¢ to 2¢ higher.
Soybean futures closed fractionally higher to 1¢ higher.
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