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DTN CATTLE PRICES/TRENDS 09/13 13:30 HEAD SOLD LIVE STEERS DRESSED LIVE HEIFERS DRESSED KANSAS . . . . . NEBRASKA 2,100 182.00 288.00 182.00 288.00 TEXAS . . . . . COLORADO . *182.00(BID) . *182.00(BID) . IOWA . . . . . *=PRIVATE SOURCES DTN COMMENTS: It looks as if the bulk of business is essentially done for the week, with Northern dressed deals marked at mostly $288, about steady with last week's weighted averages, while Southern live trade came in at mostly $181, generally steady with the prior week's weighted averages. Today's slaughter totaled 118,000 head, 5,000 less than last week, and 3,000 below a year ago. Saturday's kill is estimated at 17,000 head, bringing the weekly total to 620,000 head, 78,000 more than the previous week, but 11,000 under 2023. Live cattle futures closed mixed mostly higher, with deferreds faring better than nearbys, up 20 to off 37. Feeder contracts ended the day mostly modestly lower, off 15 to 62. Beef cutouts are expected to close lower with moderate to good 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: 106 WEEK TO DATE: 4,777 STEERS - LIVE - FOB STEERS - DRESSED - DELIVERED No reportable trade No reportable trade STEERS - LIVE - DELIVERED STEERS - DRESSED - FOB No reportable trade No reportable trade HEIFERS - LIVE - FOB HEIFERS - DRESSED - DELIVERED No reportable trade No reportable trade HEIFERS - LIVE - DELIVERED HEIFERS - DRESSED - FOB No reportable trade No reportable trade NEBRASKA CONFIRMED CASH SALES: 2,874 WEEK TO DATE: 3,068 STEERS - LIVE - FOB STEERS - DRESSED - DELIVERED 181.00 80+ 181.00-181.00 213 292.95 80+ 288.00-294.00 1,541 181.00 total 181.00-181.00 213 292.95 total 288.00-294.00 1,541 STEERS - LIVE - DELIVERED STEERS - DRESSED - FOB No reportable trade No reportable trade HEIFERS - LIVE - FOB HEIFERS - DRESSED - DELIVERED 181.00 80+ 181.00-181.00 482 294.00 80+ 294.00-294.00 258 180.00 65-80 180.00-180.00 71 293.00 65-80 293.00-293.00 62 180.87 total 180.00-181.00 553 293.81 total 293.00-294.00 320 HEIFERS - LIVE - DELIVERED HEIFERS - DRESSED - FOB No reportable trade No reportable trade TEXAS CONFIRMED CASH SALES: 761 WEEK TO DATE: 2,540 STEERS - LIVE - FOB STEERS - DRESSED - DELIVERED 181.00 35-65 181.00-181.00 229 No reportable trade 181.00 total 181.00-181.00 229 STEERS - LIVE - DELIVERED STEERS - DRESSED - FOB No reportable trade No reportable trade HEIFERS - LIVE - FOB HEIFERS - DRESSED - DELIVERED 181.00 65-80 181.00-181.00 288 No reportable trade 181.00 total 181.00-181.00 288 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: 1,208 WEEK TO DATE: 1,940 STEERS - LIVE - FOB STEERS - DRESSED - DELIVERED 181.14 80+ 180.00-182.00 418 294.00 80+ 294.00-294.00 335 181.14 total 180.00-182.00 418 294.00 total 294.00-294.00 335 STEERS - LIVE - DELIVERED STEERS - DRESSED - FOB No reportable trade No reportable trade HEIFERS - LIVE - FOB HEIFERS - DRESSED - DELIVERED No reportable trade No reportable trade HEIFERS - LIVE - DELIVERED HEIFERS - DRESSED - FOB No reportable trade No reportable trade 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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