Live Cattle
Friday, September 10, 2010

Cash Trade
Comment
This Weeks
Cash
Last Week
Cash
Negotiated
Trade
Formula
Total
Negotiated
Price
Hot
Trade
Nat Live Trade
packers will have good inventory and feedlots are very current who will win this week could be about stdy again                                                   
 
96.75
       
152.75
Iowa/S. Minn    
9500-9700
9550-9700
       
151-153
Nebraska
9600-9800
9600-9700
       
152-154
Colorado     
9600-9800
9500-9700
         
Kansas  
9650-9750
9600-9700
         
Texas    
9700-9800
9650-9700
         


Date
Slghter
(000's)
Cuts
Loads
Trim
Loads
Choice
600-900#
Select
600-900#

Spread
Chucks
#113
Round
#170
Trim
50%
Trim
90%
fri 09-03
129
114
51
162.67
155.92
 
153-165
167-175
6600-7000
163-169
mon 09-06
 3
 
holiay
             
tue 09-07
131
154
52
161.75
155.91
 
143-168
165-175
6800-7000
163-171
wed 09-08
131
208
94
161.47
155.44
 
151-165
157-175
6600-7200
163-171
thu 09-09
131
180
91
160.73
154.29
 
150-162
165-175
6300-7150
163-168
fri 09-10
130
182
86
159.42
153.25
 
158-163
165-181
6300-6950
160-168
 
   
                 


Wky Total
      583
 
Last Week
            673
 
Year Ago
     562
 
Year to Date
23,339
+1.4%
Saturday    
67
 


Live equivalent to cutout
$ 101.00
Packer P+L / Head
+1500to +3700
Estimated Weighted Live cost
         
   

Weekly Comprehensive Cust-Out (All fed Steers+Heifers (w.e.)
09-04-2008
158.40
dn 1.48

Product Comment:                                                                                     
choice down about 200 lost week and expected to work lower again this week                              
Retail Comment: retailer are buying only what they need as they are wary of consumer overall deamnd they are still buying but sales are not brisk by any means  
Comments:
corn prices continue to rally with new highs since jan of 2009 and the USDA report lower total crop and raised exports adding more fuel for the bulls. cattle carcass weights all cattle  778# ya 789# steer carcass 842# ya 855# ya weights were headed for all time highs.                                                                                     

USDA COF Report  (Friday:  

On Feed   (aug 1st )
Placed   ( jly)
Marketed   (jly]                                                                                                                                       
Head Count


Actual

102.5
94.2
98.4
Avg Estimate

101.9
92.7
99.8
Range

   101.3-102.7
          89.9-96.6
          99-101

Cattle Inventory ( Jly 1, 2010 )

All Cattle
Calf Crop
beef cows
Head Count

      
     
Actual Pct

98.8
99.1
98.6
Avg Estimate

98.8
98.9
98.3
Range

98.2-99.2
  98.3-99.8
97.8-100

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