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Choice boxed beef prices ended last week about steady and the finished cattle trade was mostly $2.00 higher for week ending January 12, 2013. - Audio with Ed Czerwien, USDA Market News Office, Amarillo, Texas

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:26:48 CST

Choice boxed beef prices ended last week about steady and the finished cattle trade was mostly $2.00 higher for week ending January 12, 2013. - Audio with Ed Czerwien, USDA Market News Office, Amarillo, Texas


   
In this week's beef report with Ed Czerwien, USDA Market News Office in Amarillo, Texas, the choice cut market ended the week of January 12, 2013 at $194.24 which was within .02 of the previous week. The total boxed beef volume moved was 7,143 loads, over 1,400 loads more than the previous week. It was a return to a more normal trade after the holidays. The average boxed beef loads for 2012 was 6,600 loads per week.



The general trend in the finished cattle trade was mostly $2.00 lower at $126.00 cwt. Sales earlier in the week were steady. The dressed sales also declined as the week went on to mostly $202 to $205.00 cwt.

The average live weight from the cattle harvested in the Texas Panhandle was 1,278, four pounds less than the previous week, but this has been a normal, seasonal decline.


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Ed Czerwien, USDA Market News Office in Amarillo, Texas
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