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DTN Cattle Close/Trends 08/05 15:35

5 Aug 2016
USDA MARKET NEWS--AFTERNOON CATTLE REPORT 08/05/16 VOLUME USDA TOTAL RANGE DTN PRACTICAL RANGE WT AVG KANSAS CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 403 WEEK T0 DATE: 17,697 STEERS 335 119.00-119.00 119.00-119.00 119.00 HEIFERS 68 119.00-119.00 119.00-119.00 119.00 NEBRASKA CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 7,011 WEEK TO DATE: 38,698 STEERS 2,703 187.00-190.00 187.00-190.00 187.90 HEIFERS 2,130 187.00-190.00 187.00-190.00 187.60 TEXAS CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 163 WEEK TO DATE: 5,282 STEERS 163 118.50-118.50 118.50-118.50 118.50 HEIFERS No reportable trade COLORADO CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 3,110 WEEK TO DATE: 6,317 STEERS 1,205 120.00-120.00 120.00-120.00 120.00 HEIFERS 1,556 119.00-120.00 119.00-120.00 119.92 IOWA CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 4,362 WEEK TO DATE: 27,605 STEERS 1,865 186.00-188.00 186.00-188.00 186.77 HEIFERS No reportable trade COMMENTS: The late-week cattle trade was very slow with just a few Scattered sales in the North. Apparently, trade volume on Thursday was Adequate in terms of covering short-term slaughter needs. 5-AREA LV STR AVE PR&WT: $119.00(1411) HIDE & OFFAL: $11.36 unch CARCASS EQV INDEX CHOICE (600-900#) SELECT (600-900#) #OF HEAD LIVE BASED 174.73 163.84 81,801 BOX BASED 187.00 178.20 45,628 AVE INDEX 180.87 -0.12 171.02 -0.32 127,429 BEEF CUTOUTS CHOICE (600-900#) SELECT (600-900#) 199.00 -0.26 190.20 -0.65 59.84 LDS CH CUTS / 20.92 LDS SEL CUTS / 0.00 LDS TRIM / 22.22 LDS GROUND BOXED BEEF TREND: Weak on lite-mod dem & offers COMPREHENSIVE WEEKLY CUTOUT VALUE: Week ending 07/29 $199.19 -1.37 CUTTER 90% 350# UP C/O: $171.38 -0.11 NAT'L BONELESS BF TRIM: 4.20 lds / very light test 90% TRIM: 0 WT AVG: $No Test *ABCDE AFTER QUOTE REPRESENTS DAYS SINCE LAST REPORTED MARKET TEST*. FI KILL(WTD) FRI 107(556) WK AGO 112(559) YR AGO 106(533) MIX: THR SH92/CB21 SAT 23(579) WK AGO 22(581) YR AGO 1(534) WEEKLY CANADIAN CATTLE IMPORTS. FEEDERS SLAUGHTER S&H Week Ending: 07/23/16 1,340 4,430 Week Ending: 07/16/16 2,810 4,774 Change from prev week: -1,470 -344