Cattle futures mostly edged higher Monday with carryover support from last week’s strong close and the bounce higher in wholesale beef prices.
Choice Boxed beef cutout value was $8.09 higher Monday afternoon at $257.02/cwt. Select was $4.42 higher at $225.68/cwt.
Live Cattle futures closed an average of 39¢ higher.
Feeder Cattle futures closed an average of 14¢ higher, except for unchanged to 27¢ lower in three contracts.
Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was at a standstill in all major cattle feeding regions through Monday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service.
Last week, live prices were at $153-$155/cwt. in the Texas Panhandle, $155-$156 in Kansas, $156-$158 in Nebraska and $156 in the western Corn Belt. Dressed prices were $246-$247.
The five-area direct weighted average fed steer price last week was 63¢ lower at $155.79/cwt. The average steer price in the beef was $1.73 lower at $246.82.
Corn futures closed 3¢ to 10¢ higher. Reportedly, bargain hunting was a primary driver.
Soybean futures closed 18¢ to 23¢ lower through Sep ‘23, and then mostly 10¢ to 14¢ lower., pressured by positive rains in South America.
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