National Ag News

Bids and asking prices on this week’s cattle showlists are not well defined, but guesses are some cattle will start out being priced around 130.00 in the South, and 210.00 plus in the North. The new showlists appear to be generally larger with only Colorado showing fewer ready steers and heifers. The Monday cattle kill is estimated at 108,000 head 8,000 less than last week and a 1,000 smaller than last year.

Boxed beef cutout values are weak on the choice and sharply lower on select on light to moderate demand and moderate offerings.

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