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Choice Boxed Beef Prices Slide Lower and Finished Cattle Prices Were Mostly Steady Last Week - Audio with Ed Czerwien, USDA Market News Office, Amarillo, Texas
Mon, 14 May 2012 16:02:11 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 12, 2012 at $189.10 cwt last Friday which was a little over $1.00 lower than the previous week and about $2.50 lower than the midweek high. Howerver, trimmings lost neartly $24.00 over the previous ten days.
The general trend in the finished cattle trade was steady to $2.00 lower than the previous week with live sales mostly at $120.00 cwt in Texas and Kansas.
Dressed sales were at $192.00 to$194.00 cwt.
The average live weight from the Texas Panhandle was 1,227, one pound lower from the previous week.
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