Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was slow on light to moderate demand in Kansas, Nebraska and the western Corn Belt through Wednesday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service.
For the week, live sales are steady to $1 lower in Kansas at $119/cwt.. steady in Nebraska at $120, and steady to 50¢ higher in the Texas Panhandle at $119-$120. Dressed trade in Nebraska is steady to $1 lower at $190-$191.
Slaughter steers sold steady to $1 higher at the Sioux Falls Regional fat auction Wednesday. Slaughter heifers traded $1-$2 higher. There were 246 Choice 3-4 steers weighing an average of 1,536 lbs., bringing an average of $120.57/cwt.
Feeder Cattle futures were mostly higher Wednesday, buoyed by pressure in grain markets. They closed an average of 85¢ higher (10¢ to $1.22 higher), except for 62¢ lower in spot May.
Live Cattle futures closed narrowly mixed as traders balanced sluggish cash prices and cattle movement with expectations for lower boxed beef prices after Memorial Day buying ends. They closed an average of 34¢ lower, except for an average of 22¢ higher in the front three contracts.
Choice boxed beef cutout value was 4¢ higher Wednesday afternoon at $323.38/cwt. Select was 64¢ higher at $299.69
Corn futures closed mixed, from 4¢ lower to 1¢ higher with most of the pressure in nearby contracts.
Soybean futures closed mostly 21¢ to 36¢ lower through Jly ‘22 and then mostly 6¢ to 10¢ lower.
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