US: Cattle Market Review Week 28, July 15, 2024

However, beef sales fell as government data showed on Thursday that weekly exports were down 11% from the previous week.

Live cattle ended Friday's session up 12 cents at $1.15. Cattle in the cash markets last week were trading around $188 in the South and $198 in the North, both more stable than last week. The CME Cattle Index fell 49 cents on July 11 to $261.04.

The U.S. wholesale beef market is weakening, with wholesale beef prices falling for a second straight day Thursday, a possible sign that the unseasonal price boom may be slowing, market analysts say. Block beef tenderloin prices were down $2.40 to $321.65 a hundredweight Thursday afternoon, while select beef was down 56 cents to $303.38 a hundredweight. The market continues to see strong demand from retailers. Beef prices tend to decline seasonally during the summer, although there are signs that retailers plan to continue to offer beef aggressively.

WEEKLY COST OF CUT OUT CAT.CHOICE

CATTLE SALES

Sale of cattle, heads

Average weight

Week 27

Week 28

Growth per week,%

Week 27

Week 28

Growth per week,%

Bulls (live weight)

2 302

28 265

1127.8%

1,477

1,445

-2.2%

Heifers (live weight)

1 522

11 836

677.7%

1 356

1 317

-2.9%

Bulls (slaughter weight)

834

4 968

495.7%

938

939

0.1%

Heifers (slaughter weight)

113

1 945

1621.2%

803

849

5.7%

WEEKLY WEIGHTED AVERAGE BULL PRICE

BEEF PRODUCTION                                                                     

Indicator

Week 28

Previous week

A year ago

Growth per week,%

Growth per year, %

Volume of cattle slaughter

601,000

522,000

633,000

15.1%

-5.1%

Live weight

1 383

1 387

1 344

-0.3%

2.9%

Slaughter weight

844

846

814

-0.2%

3.7%

Beef Production (million pounds)

506.0

440.6

514.6

14.8%

-1.7%

CME: Live Cattle Futures

Week 27

Week 28

Growth per week,%

August

186.43

182.38

-2.2%

October

187.18

184.08

-1.7%

December

188.78

185.48

-1.7%

CME: Feeder Cattle Futures

August

261.48

258.60

-1.1%

September

262.23

258.10

-1.6%

October

262.23

257.55

-1.8%

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