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Choice boxed beef prices and the finished cattle trade ended lower for week ending January 26, 2013. - Audio with Ed Czerwien, USDA Market News Office, Amarillo, Texas
Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:44:28 CST
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 26, 2013 at $187.44 which was $2.40 lower than the previous week. The total boxed beef volume last week was 6,519 loads of all cuts. Overall, the comprehensive sales of all cuts were over $4.00 lower this week and selling less product.
The general trend in the finished cattle trade was mostly $1 to $3.00 lower last week with lives sales mostly at $122.00 cwt. Dressed sales were mostly $198 to $199.00 cwt.
The average live weight from the cattle harvested in the Texas Panhandle was 1,271 pounds, a loss of eleven pounds fromthe previous week.
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