Tuesday Regional Auction Reports

  
Slaughter Cattle:
As of 3:00 PM Friday, negotiated cash trading has been limited on light demand in all major feeding regions with a few live purchases in Nebraska at 135.00, however not enough purchases in any region for a market trend. Thursday was the last reported market in any region. In the Southern Plains live purchases traded at 133.00. In Nebraska and the Western Cornbelt live and dressed purchases traded from 133.00-134.00 and 210.00, respectively. The last reported market in Colorado was last week with live purchases at 132.00.
Negotiated Sales:
Confirmed:       6,447   
Week Ago:      14,803
Year Ago:          2,972
Formula Net - Dressed Steers & Heifers:
Head count priced today:   27,500
Weighted avg. weight:        884.00
Weighted avg. net price:    213.88
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Cattle Slaughter under Federal Inspection:
Friday (est)                           121,000
Week ago (est)                     115,000
Year ago (act)                       126,000
Week to Date                       608,000
Same Period Last Week     597,000
Same Period Last Year       593,000
Thursday
Steers & Heifers:  96,000
Cows & Bulls:       26,000
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Boxed Beef:
Cutout Values:
Choice: 278.41… +2.25
Select:  263.83… +0.67
Choice/Select Spread: 14.58
Total Load Count: 103
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Cutter Cow Cutout:
230.32… +0.11
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CME Feeder Cattle Index for November 18th:
155.65… +0.19 / +0.12%
1 Year Change: +13.82%
52 Week Range: 130.15 to 159.56
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Futures Settlements…
Live Cattle:
December: 133.52… +0.37
February: 137.70… +0.45
April: 141.30… +0.43
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Feeder Cattle:
January: 160.92… -0.45
March: 163.37… -0.18
April: 165.87… -0.20
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December Hogs: 73.75… -1.35
December Crude Oil: 76.10… -2.91
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December Corn: 5.7075… -0.0225
December Wheat: 8.2300… +0.0300
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Grain Cash Bids:
Omaha Corn: 5.61… -0.02
Kansas City Wheat: 8.05… +0.08
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Financial Markets:
DJIA: 35,602.18… -268.96
S & P 500: 4,697.98… -5.47
NASDAQ: 16,057.79… +67.00
U.S. Dollar Index: 96.02… +0.47