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Choice Boxed Beef prices drop and the finished cattle trade was mostly steady in light trade for week ending June 30, 2012 - Audio with Ed Czerwien, USDA Market News Office, Amarillo, Texas
Mon, 02 Jul 2012 12:14:43 CDT
In this week's beef report with according to Ed Czerwien, USDA Market News Office in Amarillo, Texas, we saw the choice cut market end the week June 30, 2012, at $194.66 cwt which was $2.00 lower than the previous week's end. The weekly total for the choice spot volume was 931 loads. The total volume for all cuts last week was 7,762 loads.
The general trend in the finished cattle trade was generally inactive in many areas but mostly steady in areas that saw trade. Live sales in Kansas were at $116.00 cwt with dressed sales in Nebraska at $186.50 to $188.00 cwt, weaker than the previous week. Trade was light across feedlot country.
The harvest weights continue to increase last week. The average live weight harvested from the Texas Panhandle was a pound heavier than last week at 1,252 pounds.
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