Negotiated cash fed cattle trade continued on Wednesday with prices mainly steady to higher, compared to last week. Live prices in the Texas Panhandle were steady to $2 higher at $95/cwt.; steady to $1 lower in Kansas at $94-$95. For the week, live sales are steady in Nebraska at $95-$96 and $3-$5 higher in the beef at $157-$160. In the western Corn Belt, live sales are $3 higher than last week at $99-$100 and $5-$7 higher in the beef at $160.
Cattle feeders offered 1,390 head in the weekly Fed Cattle Exchange auction. Of those, 659 head sold, all from Kansas: 509 head for delivery at 1-9 days for a weighted average price of $95.16; 150 head for delivery at 1-17 days for a weighted average price of $95.
Live Cattle futures closed an average of 41¢ lower.
Feeder Cattle futures closed an average of 69¢ lower.
Choice boxed beef cutout value was $1.47 lower Wednesday afternoon at $203.83/cwt. Select was $1.32 lower at $195.52.
Corn futures closed mostly 1¢ to 2¢ higher.
Soybean futures closed 1¢ to 5¢ lower through May ’21 and then mostly 1¢ higher.
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