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DTN CATTLE PRICES/TRENDS 04/18 14:30 HEAD SOLD LIVE STEERS DRESSED LIVE HEIFERS DRESSED KANSAS . . . . . NEBRASKA . *212.00(BID) *335.00(BID) *212.00(BID) *335.00(BID) TEXAS . . . . . COLORADO . . . . . IOWA . . . . . *=PRIVATE SOURCES DTN COMMENTS: The country is very quiet this afternoon with just a few bids being renewed. Yesterday saw Northern dressed deals marked at $332 to $335, $4 to $7 higher than last week's weighted averages. Southern live transactions were marked at mostly $210, $6 higher than last week's weighted averages. It looks like business is essentially done for the week. Today's slaughter totaled 89,000 head, 7,000 below last week, and 22,000 less than a year ago. Saturday's kill is estimated at 10,000 head, bringing the weekly total to 576,000 head, 12,000 more than the previous week, but 42,000 under 2024. The CME is closed today for the Good Friday holiday, so cattle futures will not be available. Beef cutouts are expected to close mixed with light to moderate box movement. DAILY DIRECT SLAUGHTER CATTLE-NEGOTIATED PURCHASES-SUMMARY **Summary includes trade from 1:30 PM the previous day through 9:30 AM today.** KANSAS CONFIRMED CASH SALES: 8,575 WEEK TO DATE: 8,746 STEERS - LIVE - FOB STEERS - DRESSED - DELIVERED 209.81 80+ 208.00-210.00 399 335.00 80+ 335.00-335.00 40 209.78 65-80 208.00-210.00 1,685 332.00 65-80 332.00-332.00 116 210.00 35-65 210.00-210.00 357 209.82 total 208.00-210.00 2,441 332.77 total 332.00-335.00 156 STEERS - LIVE - DELIVERED STEERS - DRESSED - FOB 212.00 80+ 212.00-212.00 40 No reportable trade 212.00 total 212.00-212.00 40 HEIFERS - LIVE - FOB HEIFERS - DRESSED - DELIVERED 209.71 80+ 208.00-210.00 443 334.00 80+ 332.00-335.00 120 208.87 65-80 208.00-210.00 688 210.00 35-65 210.00-210.00 330 209.38 total 208.00-210.00 1,461 334.00 total 332.00-335.00 120 HEIFERS - LIVE - DELIVERED HEIFERS - DRESSED - FOB 212.00 80+ 212.00-212.00 40 No reportable trade 212.00 total 212.00-212.00 40 NEBRASKA CONFIRMED CASH SALES: 21,117 WEEK TO DATE: 21,159 STEERS - LIVE - FOB STEERS - DRESSED - DELIVERED 212.60 80+ 210.00-215.00 5,536 337.28 80+ 332.00-345.00 8,931 212.00 65-80 212.00-212.00 178 332.00 65-80 332.00-332.00 70 212.58 total 210.00-215.00 5,714 337.24 total 332.00-345.00 9,001 STEERS - LIVE - DELIVERED STEERS - DRESSED - FOB No reportable trade 335.00 80+ 335.00-335.00 224 335.00 total 335.00-335.00 224 HEIFERS - LIVE - FOB HEIFERS - DRESSED - DELIVERED 212.68 80+ 212.00-214.00 3,118 335.93 80+ 332.00-340.00 1,008 212.68 total 212.00-214.00 3,118 335.93 total 332.00-340.00 1,008 HEIFERS - LIVE - DELIVERED HEIFERS - DRESSED - FOB No reportable trade No reportable trade TEXAS CONFIRMED CASH SALES: 7,542 WEEK TO DATE: 7,542 STEERS - LIVE - FOB STEERS - DRESSED - DELIVERED 208.00 80+ 208.00-208.00 1,007 No reportable trade 209.56 65-80 208.00-210.00 1,349 209.16 35-65 208.00-210.00 713 208.96 total 208.00-210.00 3,069 STEERS - LIVE - DELIVERED STEERS - DRESSED - FOB No reportable trade No reportable trade HEIFERS - LIVE - FOB HEIFERS - DRESSED - DELIVERED 208.97 80+ 208.00-210.00 571 No reportable trade 209.71 65-80 208.00-210.00 2,180 210.00 35-65 210.00-210.00 182 209.59 total 208.00-210.00 2,933 HEIFERS - LIVE - DELIVERED HEIFERS - DRESSED - FOB No reportable trade No reportable trade COLORADO CONFIRMED CASH SALES: NA Conf WEEK TO DATE: NA Conf STEERS - LIVE - FOB STEERS - DRESSED - DELIVERED NA Due to Confidentiality NA Due to Confidentiality STEERS - LIVE - DELIVERED STEERS - DRESSED - FOB NA Due to Confidentiality NA Due to Confidentiality HEIFERS - LIVE - FOB HEIFERS - DRESSED - DELIVERED NA Due to Confidentiality NA Due to Confidentiality HEIFERS - LIVE - DELIVERED HEIFERS - DRESSED - FOB NA Due to Confidentiality NA Due to Confidentiality IOWA CONFIRMED CASH SALES: 14,644 WEEK TO DATE: 14,730 STEERS - LIVE - FOB STEERS - DRESSED - DELIVERED 212.63 80+ 210.00-215.00 7,040 334.47 80+ 332.00-340.00 1,126 335.00 65-80 335.00-335.00 74 212.63 total 210.00-215.00 7,040 334.51 total 332.00-340.00 1,200 STEERS - LIVE - DELIVERED STEERS - DRESSED - FOB 214.24 80+ 211.00-216.00 1,552 335.00 80+ 335.00-335.00 70 214.24 total 211.00-216.00 1,552 335.00 total 335.00-335.00 70 HEIFERS - LIVE - FOB HEIFERS - DRESSED - DELIVERED 212.01 80+ 210.00-214.00 2,033 336.46 80+ 335.00-340.00 360 212.01 total 210.00-214.00 2,033 336.46 total 335.00-340.00 360 HEIFERS - LIVE - DELIVERED HEIFERS - DRESSED - FOB 214.31 80+ 214.00-214.50 579 335.00 80+ 335.00-335.00 17 214.31 total 214.00-214.50 579 335.00 total 335.00-335.00 17 NOTE: Feedlots are encouraged to call DTN with any cattle sales, at 1-402-461-3561. All sales will be listed anonymously and organized by state. All live sales are FOB and set for 1-9-day delivery. A weekly summary from this data will be posted on the Weekly Cattle Sales Reported to DTN page and will be left up for the entire week for reference purposes.
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