USA: Cattle market review for week 7 from February 19, 2024

Feeder cattle led the gainers on the final trading day of the week, gaining between 1.1% and 1.6% in contracts for the coming months. The week ended with a net profit of $3.87 for the March futures and $1.77 for the April futures. The Feb. 15 CME Cattle Index fell 35 cents to $244.58.

Block beef prices were mixed, according to the USDA , with Choice up 90 cents and Select down $1.33 on Friday afternoon. The USDA reported beef production for the week was 506.9 million pounds, with a slaughter volume of 608,000 HEAD. Production was down 2.5% for the week and 1.5% lower than the same week last year due to a 2.3% reduction in slaughter (down 2.7% from the same week last year ).

WEEKLY COST OF CUTTINGS CAT.CHOICE

CATTLE SALES

Sale of livestock, heads

Average weight

Week 6

Week 7

Weekly growth,%

Week 6

Week 7

Weekly growth,%

Bulls (live weight)

678

28 910

4164.0%

1,527

1 471

-3.7%

Heifers (live weight)

552

14,921

2603.1%

1 344

1 321

-1.7%

Steers (slaughter weight)

5 808

939

Heifers (slaughter weight)

1,646

829

WEEKLY WEIGHTED AVERAGE PRICE OF CALLS

BEEF PRODUCTION

Index

Week 7

Previous week

A year ago

Weekly growth,%

Growth over the year, %

Slaughter volume

608,000

622,000

625,000

-2.3%

-2.7%

Live weight

1 385

1 388

1 377

-0.2%

0.6%

Slaughter weight

835

838

825

-0.4%

1.2%

Beef production (million pounds)

506.9

519.9

514.4

-2.5%

-1.5%

CME: Live Cattle Futures

Week 6

Week 7

Weekly growth,%

February

184.63

184.78

0.1%

April

186.73

187.55

0.4%

June

183.98

182.83

-0.6%

Feeder cattle futures

March

247.15

251.03

1.6%

April

251.78

253.55

0.7%

May

255.68

255.65

0.0%

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