Weekly Livestock, Meat and Grain Highlights

Monday, August 08, 2011
Change from
Last Week

Change from
Year Ago

103.35
107.38
29.27
260.9
1,958,000
63,220,000
394.5
13,041.1

3.6%
4.7%
-1.6%
-1.1%
-1.7%

25.8%
18.2%
-26.5%
-2.3%
-0.5%
-0.6%
0.2%
1.0%

112.35
178.36
173.41
169.65
3.76
13.75
135.05
1,263
40%
657,000
20,072,000
509.2
15,418.6

3.5%
2.2%
-0.9%
-0.4%
-19.0%
0.6%
0.8%
-0.2%
0.0%
-1.2%

189.56
372.45
37,000
1,188,000
2.5
85.0
298.16

-4.4%
-0.2%
0.0%

This Week

-2.2%

Weekly Barrow & Gilt Price and
Weekly Pork Cutout vs 5 Year Averages
110
100
90
80
70
60
50

7.1700
13.2550
337.70
7.5000
9.9500
6.9000
13.04

-1.1%

0.0%
0.7%

45.0%
37.9%
-9.8%
-11.7%
-7.4%
-9.0%
22.5%

3.2%
93.3%
-2.0%
24.2%
-1.9%
-0.1%
0.4%
24.5%
0.2%
29.6%
0.7%
4.5%
3.0%
107.3%
Phone: 515-284-4460
Email: desm.lgmn@usda.gov
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Pork Cutout
5 Year Avg Pork Cutout

Weekly Dressed Steer Price and Weekly
Boxed Beef Choice Cutout vs 5 Year Averages
210
200
190
$ per cwt

20.8%
20.9%
15.0%
18.0%
-46.8%
29.0%
19.2%
-0.1%
-2.4%
0.5%
-0.1%
0.1%
0.6%

180
170
160
150
140
130
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Steer Price
5 Year Avg Steer Price

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Boxed Beef Choice Cutout
5 Year Avg Choice Cutout

Weekly Lamb Carcass Cutout vs 5 Year Average

385
365
345
325
305

$ per cwt

Hogs and Pork
Nat'l Purchased Wtd Avg Price - Barrows & Gilts ($/cwt)
Pork Carcass Cutout ($/cwt)
Segregated Early Weaned (SEW) Feeder Pigs ($/head)
Iowa/So. Minn Avg Weight Barrows & Gilts (lbs)
Est. Hog Slaughter
YTD Est. Hog Slaughter
Est. Pork Production (mil lbs)
YTD Est. Pork Production (mil lbs)
Cattle and Beef
Live Wtd Avg Steer Price, 5 Area FOB ($/cwt)
Dressed Wtd Avg Steer Price, 5 Area Del ($/cwt)
Boxed Beef Cutout, Choice ($/cwt)
Boxed Beef Cutout, Select ($/cwt)
Boxed Beef, Choice/Select Spread ($/cwt)
By-Product Drop Value, Steer ($/cwt live)
CME Feeder Cattle Index ($/cwt)
Texas Avg Live Weight Slaughter Cattle (lbs)
Texas Percent Slaughter Heifers
Est. Cattle Slaughter
YTD Est. Cattle Slaughter
Est. Beef Production (mil lbs)
YTD Est. Beef Production (mil lbs)
Lamb and Veal
Slaughter Lamb, Choice & Prime, Wtd Avg Price ($/cwt)
Lamb Carcass Cutout ($/cwt)
Est. Sheep Slaughter
YTD Est. Sheep Slaughter
Est. Lamb Production (mil lbs)
YTD Est. Lamb Production (mil lbs)
Veal Carcass Wtd Avg Composite ($/cwt)
Grain
Central Illinois Avg Corn Price ($/bu)
Central Illinois Avg Soybean Price ($/bu)
Central Illinois 48% Soybean Meal, Rail ($/ton)
Hard Red Winter Wheat Truck to Kansas City ($/bu)
Dark Northern Spring Wheat, 14%, MN, Rail ($/bu)
Soft White Wheat Portland ($/bu)
Sorghum, Kansas City, Truck ($/cwt)
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$ per cwt

Weekly Livestock, Meat & Grain Highlights

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265
245
225
205
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Lamb Carcass Cutout

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5 Year Avg Lamb Carcass Cutout