USA: Cattle market overview for the 15th week of 2023

18.04.2023
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USA: Cattle market overview for the 15th week of 2023
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An increase in cash prices in the cash markets the previous week supported futures trading above a record high in 2014 as MEAT processors were forced to pay more for cattle shipments that were lowered by bad weather and high feed costs, analysts said.

“The market has overheated this week,” said Doug Houghton, an analyst at Brock Associates. “But the supply outlook is still very price-supportive.”

Cattle traded on the cash market at $180-$186 (up from $175 a week earlier) in Nebraska, brokers said, where cold weather caused the animals to gain weight more slowly than usual. On the Southern Plains cash markets, cattle were worth about $175 a hundred pounds, up about $5 from last week.

Brokers note that price action in some pending futures contracts looks technically poor, but consumer demand for beef remains strong.

WEEKLY CUT CHOICE COST

CATTLE SALES

Sale of livestock, heads

Average weight

Week 14

Week 15

Growth per week,%

Week 14

Week 15

Growth per week,%

Bulls (live weight)

34 826

28 129

-19.2%

1441

1448

0.5%

Heifers (live weight)

16 611

15 322

-7.8%

1 328

1315

-1.0%

Bulls (slaughter. weight)

12 352

15 418

24.8%

948

922

-2.7%

Heifers (slaughter weight)

4 344

4679

7.7%

844

803

-4.9%

WEEKLY WEIGHTED AVERAGE PRICE OF BULLS

BEEF PRODUCTION

Index

Week 15

Week 14

15 week 2022

Growth per week,%

Growth per year, %

Slaughter volume

613 000

603 000

638 000

1.7%

-3.9%

Live weight

1 367

1 369

1 374

-0.1%

-0.5%

slaughter weight

822

823

832

-0.1%

-1.2%

Beef production (million pounds)

503

495

529

1.6%

-5.0%

CME: Live Cattle Futures

Week 14

Week 15

Growth per week,%

April

171.08

174.75

2.1%

June

163.10

163.73

0.4%

August

162.30

162.70

0.2%

Futures for fattening cattle

April

201.34

203.40

1.0%

May

202.55

207.90

2.6%

September

223.42

223.95

0.2%

You can learn more about the state of the cattle market in the United States (cattle prices, beef prices by category, production dynamics) in the weekly reviews of the meat market in RUSSIA and in the world from Meatinfo.ru. Weekly reviews are available free of charge as part of a monthly meat analytics subscription. Russian markets.

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