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Weekly Cattle Commentary 9/8/2017 This week’s cash prices saw late Friday sales of 105$, even with last week’s trades. Dressed sales topped out at 168$, 2$ higher than last week. Basis was plus 2$ the October Live board. Estimated weekly slaughter was 555K head, 26K larger than the same week last year. Box prices in… Read more.
Weekly Cattle Commentary 8/11/2017This week’s cash prices saw the bulk of cattle trading 114.50 to 116, 2 to 3$ lower than last week’s trades. Dressed sales were 183 to 185$. Basis was 5$ over the August Live board. Estimated weekly slaughter was 641K head, 62K larger than the same week last year. Box prices in… Read more.
Weekly Cattle Commentary 7/28/2017 This week’s cash prices finished at 117, 3$ lower than last week’s trades. Dressed sales 185 to 187$. Basis was 4$ over the August Live board. Estimated weekly slaughter was 627K head, 47K larger than the same week last year. Box prices in the PM report where 206.22 choice, and 196.82… Read more.
Weekly Cattle Commentary 7/21/2017 This week’s cash prices ranged finished quite strong with the bulk of them at 120 and 120.50 reported out of Colorado, fully steady with last week’s trades. Dressed sales 186 to 190$. Basis was 3$ over the August Live board. The reports came out post COF, but I cannot confirm if… Read more.
The bulk of the week’s cash prices ranged between 119 and 120$, even with last week’s late trades. Dressed sales 189 to 190$. Basis by Friday was even with the June Live board. Estimated weekly slaughter was 638K head, 33K larger than the same week last year. Box prices in the PM report where 224.73… Read more.
Weekly Cattle Commentary 6/23/2017 The bulk of the week’s cash prices ranged between 122 and 123$, with the end of the week dropping to 120$. Dressed sales 190 to 195$. Basis by Friday was 1$ over the June Live board. Estimated weekly slaughter was 632K head, 24K larger than the same week last year. Box… Read more.
This is a sample entry from Kirk Donsbach’s newsletter, The Cattleman’s Advisory, published on June 19, 2017. Weekly Cattle Commentary 06/16/2017 The week’s cash prices ranged between 128 and 134$, with the higher prices coming early in the week. Dressed sales 200 to 217$. Basis is 5-7$ over the June Live board. Estimated weekly slaughter… Read more.
This is a sample entry from Kirk Donsbach’s newsletter, The Cattleman’s Advisory, published on June 5, 2017. Weekly Cattle Commentary 06/02/2017 Of course, 24 hours after I say “excluding an unforeseen fundamental game changer, the highs for 2017 are probably in” we get an unforeseen game changer in India banning meat exports. Keep in mind… Read more.
This is a sample entry from Kirk Donsbach’s newsletter, The Cattleman’s Advisory, published on April 24, 2017. Weekly Cattle Commentary 04/21/2017 Month Actual Average of Estimates Range of Estimates Cattle on Feed April 100 99.7 98.7-100.6 Placed During March 111 106.0 101.0-109.5 Marketed During March 110 109.5 102.0-110.0 Cash sales for this last week were… Read more.
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