Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade continued through Thursday afternoon, with limited to slow trade on light to moderate demand. For the week, live prices are $1-$2 higher on a live basis at $115/cwt. in the Southern Plains, $115-$116 in Nebraska and $116 in Colorado. Dressed trade in Nebraska is $3-$5 higher at $185. Trade [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was light on light to moderate demand in the Southern Plains through Wednesday afternoon, with live price $1 higher than last week at $115/cwt. Elsewhere, trade was limited on light demand, according the Agricultural Marketing Service. There were a few live trades in Nebraska at $115-$116, but too few [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was mostly inactive on very light demand in the western Corn Belt through Tuesday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. Elsewhere, it was at a standstill. Last week, prices were at $114/cwt. on a live basis in the Southern Plains and Northern Plains, and at $114-$115 in the [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was  at a standstill in all major cattle feeding regions through Monday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service, with too few transactions to trend. Last week, prices were at $114/cwt. on a live basis in the Southern Plains and Northern Plains, and at $114-$115 in the western Corn [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was mostly inactive on light demand in all major cattle feeding regions through Friday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service, with too few transactions to trend. Prices last week were steady on a live basis at $114/cwt. in Kansas, steady to $1 higher in Nebraska at $114, $1-$2 [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was $2 higher on a dressed basis in Nebraska Thursday at $182.00/cwt., according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. That was on slow trade and light demand, but might suggest front-end inventory is current enough for prices to finally move beyond the rut of the last seven weeks. Live trade [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was slow on light demand in Kansas and Nebraska through Wednesday afternoon. Live trade was steady in Kansas at $114/cwt. and steady to $1 higher in Nebraska at $114. Elsewhere, trade ranged from limited on light demand, to mostly inactive on very light demand, with too few transactions to [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was mostly inactive on light demand in the western Corn Belt through Tuesday afternoon, with too few transactions to trend. Elsewhere, trade was at a standstill, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. Last week, live prices were at $114/cwt. in the Southern Plains and Colorado, $113-$114 in Nebraska and [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was at a standstill in all major cattle feeding regions through Monday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. Last week, live prices were at $114/cwt. in the Southern Plains and Colorado, $113-$114 in Nebraska and $112-$113 in the western Corn Belt. Dressed prices were at $180 in Nebraska [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was limited on light demand in all major cattle feeding regions through Friday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. For the week, live prices were steady at $114/cwt. in the Southern Plains, steady to $1 higher at $114 in Colorado, steady in Nebraska at $113-$114 and steady to [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was limited on light demand in Nebraska and the western Corn Belt through Thursday afternoon, with too few transactions to trend. Elsewhere, trade was at a standstill, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. For the week, live prices are steady at $114/cwt. in the Southern Plains, steady to $1 [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade continued steady with last week in the Southern Plains on Wednesday at $114/cwt., with limited trade and light demand in the Texas Panhandle; limited trade on light to moderate demand in Kansas. Live trade in Nebraska was light on light to moderate demand at $113 to $114, which was [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was slow on light demand in the Northern Plains through Tuesday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. Although too few to trend, there were a few early live sales at $114/cwt., which was steady to $1 higher. Last week, live prices were at $114 in the Southern Plains, [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was at a standstill through Monday afternoon, except for mostly inactive on very light demand in the western Corn Belt, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. Prices last week ended up steady on a live basis in the Southern Plains at $114/cwt., steady to $1 lower in the Northern [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was limited on light to moderate demand in Colorado and the western Corn Belt through Friday afternoon. Elsewhere, trade ranged from a standstill to mostly inactive on very light demand, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. For the week, established trade was steady on a live basis at $114/cwt. [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was at a standstill in Colorado and the Texas Panhandle through Thursday afternoon. Elsewhere, trade was limited on light demand with too few transactions to trend. For the week so far, trade is steady with last week on a live basis in the Southern Plains and Northern Plains at [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade and demand were light to moderate in the Southern Plains through Wednesday afternoon at $114/cwt., according to the Agricultural Marketing Service; steady with the previous week. Trade was light on moderate demand in Nebraska with dressed prices $2 lower at $180. Elsewhere, trade was limited on light demand, with [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was at a standstill in all major cattle feeding regions through Tuesday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. Live prices last week were at $114/cwt. and dressed trade was at $182. Cattle futures closed mixed Tuesday, with continued pressure from Corn futures and uncertainty about the week’s cash [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was at a standstill in all major cattle feeding regions through Monday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. Live prices last week were at $114/cwt. and dressed trade was at $182. The weekly five-area direct average fed steer price last week was $114.07/cwt., which was even with the [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade continued sluggish on Friday. Live trade last week was steady in Nebraska and the Southern Plains at $114/cwt.; steady to $1 lower at $114 in the western Corn Belt. Dressed trade was steady to $2 higher at $182. Sluggish cattle trade, near-term heavy fed cattle supplies and month-end position [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was limited on light demand in Nebraska through Thursday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. There were a few live trades at $114/cwt., and a few in the beef at $182, but too few to trend. There were also a few dressed trades in the western Corn Belt [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle tradewas limited on light demand in all major cattle feeding regions through Wednesday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. There were a few live trades in the Southern Plains steady with last week at $114/cwt., but too few to trend. Cattle feeders offered 1,145 head (9 lots) in Central [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was at a standstill in Kansas through Tuesday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. Elsewhere, it was limited on light demand, with too few transactions to trend. Cattle futures softened Tuesday, with spot Live Cattle soon to expire, the lack of cash direction and bearish outside markets early [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was at a standstill in all major cattle feeding regions through Monday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. Live sales last week were at $114/cwt. in the Southern Plains and Nebraska; at $114-$115 in the western Corn Belt. Dressed trade was at $180-$181 in Nebraska and at $180-$182 [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade last week ended up steady in the Southern Plains at $114/cwt., according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. Live trades were steady to $1 higher in Nebraska at $114; dressed trade steady to $1 higher at $180-$181. In the western Corn Belt, prices were steady to $2 higher on a [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was limited on light demand in all major cattle feeding regions through Thursday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. Live sales were steady with the prior week at $114/cwt. in the Southern Plains. There were a few live sales at $114 in Nebraska and a few in the [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was at a standstill in all major cattle feeding regions through Wednesday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. There was some trade in the Texas Panhandle on Tuesday at $114/cwt., which was steady with last week. Impacts from the severe weather, including reports of reduced slaughter at some [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was at a standstill in all major cattle feeding regions through Tuesday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. Trade last week was steady in the Southern Plains at $114/cwt. on a live basis, $1-$2 higher in Nebraska at $113-$114 and steady to $1 higher in the western Corn [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was at a standstill in all major cattle feeding regions through Monday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. Trade last week was steady in the Southern Plains at $114/cwt. on a live basis, $1-$2 higher in Nebraska at $113-$114 and steady to $1 higher in the western Corn [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade ranged from slow to limited trade on light demand up north, to mostly inactive in the Southern Plains, through Friday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. For the week: Live prices in the Southern Plains were steady at $114/cwt. Live prices in Nebraska were $1-$2 higher at $113-$114. [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was slow on light demand in all major cattle feeding regions through Thursday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. There were a few live trades in Nebraska, but too few to trend. For the week so far, live trade in the Southern Plains is steady at $114/cwt. Dressed [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was slow on light demand in Kansas through Wednesday afternoon at $114/cwt. on a live basis, which was steady with last week. Trade was also slow on light demand in the western Corn Belt with early dressed sales steady to $2 higher at $180. Live prices there last week [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was mostly inactive on light demand in the Southern Plains through Tuesday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. Elsewhere, trade was at a standstill. Pressure in Corn futures helped boost Cattle futures Tuesday, especially Feeder Cattle. Live Cattle futures closed an average of 32¢ higher (15¢ to 87¢ [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was mostly inactive on very light demand in the western Corn Belt through Monday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. Elsewhere, trade was at a standstill. Regionally, prices last week were mainly $1-$2 higher on a live basis at $114/cwt. in the Southern Plains, mostly $114 in Nebraska [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade and prices were mostly $1 higher in the Southern Plains at $114/cwt. on a live basis, with moderate trade and demand, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. In Nebraska, trade was slow to moderate with moderate demand through Friday afternoon. Live prices were steady to $1 higher at $112-$114, [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was slow with light to moderate demand in Nebraska and the western Corn Belt through Thursday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. Although there were too few to trend, early dressed sales in Nebraska were at $180/cwt., which was $2 more than last week. Live sales there last [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was at a standstill in Kansas and Nebraska through Wednesday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. Elsewhere, trade was mostly inactive on very light demand. Cattle feeders offered 1,362 head (eight lots) in Central Stockyard’s weekly Fed Cattle Exchange Auction, all from the Southern Plains. Of those, 699 [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was at a standstill in the Southern Plains through Tuesday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. Elsewhere, trade was mostly inactive on very light demand. Last week, cash fed cattle prices ended up $2-$3 higher in the Southern Plains at $113/cwt., $3 higher in the Northern Plains at [...]

The average five-area direct fed steer price was $3.21 higher on a live basis last week at $112.44/cwt. The average steer price in the beef was $4.98 higher at $177.56. Monday’s negotiated cash fed cattle trade summary was unavailable from AMS at press time. Through Friday afternoon, prices were $3-$4 higher on a live [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle prices were $3-$4 higher on a live basis in the Northern Plains on Friday at mostly $113/cwt., according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. That was with slow trade and light demand. Dressed sales in Nebraska were $5 higher at $178. There were a few live sales in the Southern Plains [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was limited on light demand in Kansas through Thursday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. There were a few live trades at $112/cwt., which was $2 higher than last week. Trade was mostly inactive on light demand in Nebraska and the western Corn Belt with too few transactions [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was at a standstill in Kansas and the Northern Plains through Wednesday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. Elsewhere, trade was mostly inactive on light demand, with too few transactions to trend. With that said, early indications point toward higher prices. Cattle feeders offered 1,570 head (11 lots) [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was at a standstill in the Northern Plains and the Southern Plains through Tuesday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. Trade in the western Corn Belt was inactive on very light demand. Heavy snow in parts of Nebraska and Kansas could help push trade to later in the [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was at a standstill in all major cattle feeding regions through Monday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. Last week, live sales were mostly steady to $1 on either side of steady at $110-$111/cwt. in the Southern Plains, $109-$110 in the Northern Plains and at $105-$110 in the [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was inactive on very light demand in all major cattle feeding regions through Friday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. Live sales for the week were mostly steady to $1 on either side of steady at $110-$111/cwt. in the Southern Plains, $109-$110 in the Northern Plains and $108-$110 [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was slow to moderate on light demand in Nebraska through Thursday afternoon. Dressed trade was unevenly steady with the previous week at $173/cwt. There were a few live sales at $109, but too few to trend; $109-$110 last week. Trade was limited on light demand in Kansas with a [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was slow on light to moderate demand in Kansas through Wednesday afternoon. Live trades were unevenly steady with last week at $110/cwt. Trade was limited on light demand in the Texas Panhandle, where there were a few live sales at $110, but too few to trend. Elsewhere, trade was [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was at a standstill in Kansas and the Northern Plains through Tuesday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. Elsewhere, trade was very limited with very light demand; too few transactions to trend. Feeder Cattle futures extended gains Tuesday, helped along by softer Corn and Soybean futures. Live Cattle [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was at a standstill in all major cattle feeding regions through Monday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. Live prices were generally $1-$3 lower last week at $108-$111/cwt. Dressed prices were $1-$4 lower at $172-$174. The average five-area direct fed steer price last week was $109.52/cwt. on a [...]

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was at a standstill in the Southern Plains and Colorado through Friday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. Elsewhere, it was mostly inactive on very light demand. Live prices were generally $1-$3 lower last week at $108-$111/cwt. Dressed prices were $1-$4 lower at $172-$174. Through Thursday, the average [...]