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Choice Boxed Beef Prices and the Finished Cattle Trade End Last Week Higher - Audio with Ed Czerwien, USDA Market News Office, Amarillo, Texas
Mon, 21 May 2012 13:09:53 CDT
In this week's beef report, according to Ed Czerwien, USDA Market News Office in Amarillo, Texas, we saw the choice cut market end the week May 19, 2012 at $192.51 cwt, about $3.40 higher than the previous Friday. However, the trimmings category has lost $36.00 in the last three weeks. The total reported load volume was 7,279 loads, 490 loads higher than week ago levels.
The general trend in the finished cattle trade was mostly $3.00 higher with live sales in Texas and Kansas selling mostly at the $120.00 cwt mark. Northern live sales were $123.50 to 125.00 cwt. and dressed sales at $195.00 cwt in the meat.
The average live weight from the Texas Panhandle was 1,229, two pounds higher from the previous week.
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