Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was mostly inactive on light demand in the Southern Plains through Wednesday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. In Nebraska and the Western Corn Belt, trading was limited on light to moderate demand. A few live sales in Nebraska traded at $126 and a few dressed at $197.
Choice boxed beef cutout value was $3.70 lower Wednesday afternoon at $312.05/cwt. Select was $4.34 lower at $275.41.
Cattle futures softened Wednesday, pressured by crumbling Lean Hog futures, the lack of cash direction and perhaps some early positioning ahead of Friday’s monthly Cattle on Feed report.
Live Cattle futures closed an average of 89¢ lower, from 30¢ to $1.40 lower.
Feeder Cattle futures closed an average of $2.11 lower, from $1.85 to $2.65 lower.
Corn futures closed mostly 1¢ to 3¢ lower through new-crop contracts, and then mostly fractionally higher to 2¢ higher.
Soybean futures closed 1¢ to 9¢ lower through the front five contracts and then mostly 6¢ to 10¢ higher.
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