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%
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