Negotiated cash fed cattle prices continued softer week-to-week on Wednesday. Live prices were $117/cwt. in the Texas Panhandle, $110-$117 in Kansas and mostly $117 in Nebraska. Dressed trades were at $175-$185.
Cattle feeders offered 1,736 head in the weekly Fed Cattle Exchange auction Wednesday. Just one lot–199 steers from Texas–sold at a weighted average price of $110.50/cwt. for delivery at 1-17 days.
Despite softer cash prices, surging outside markets helped support Cattle futures on Wednesday.
Except for 10¢ lower in the back two contracts, Live Cattle futures closed an average of 40¢ higher, from 2¢ higher to $1.15 higher.
Feeder Cattle futures closed an average 84¢ higher.
Wholesale beef values continue to plunge as packing capacity recovers. Choice boxed beef cutout value was $22.83 lower Wednesday afternoon at $295.90/cwt. Select was $13.80 lower at $276.78.
Corn futures closed mostly fractionally higher to 1¢ higher.
Soybean futures closed 5¢ to 7¢ higher through Jan ’21 and then mostly 3¢ to 4¢ higher.
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