USDA MARKET NEWS--AFTERNOON CATTLE REPORT    11/05/26  

DTN COMMENTS:
Some light cash cattle trade was noted in the South at $218, which is $6 lower 
than last week's weighted average. A few sales were also marked in Nebraska at 
$214, but those cattle were being trucked to the South, as well as supplies of 
market-ready cattle are thinner in the South right now. 


KANSAS    
CONFIRMED CASH SALES-TODAY:Confidential
              WEEK TO DATE:
                           Volume  USDA TOTAL RANGE Wtd Avg
  STEERS LIVE FOB              *           -
  STEERS LIVE DELIVERED        *           -
  HEIFERS LIVE FOB             *           -
  HEIFERS LIVE DELIVERED       *           -
 * = No reportable trade.

NEBRASKA   
CONFIRMED CASH SALES-TODAY:  1,756
              WEEK TO DATE: 27,311
                           Volume  USDA TOTAL RANGE Wtd Avg
  STEERS LIVE FOB            1,006   214.00-216.00   214.55
  STEERS LIVE DELIVERED        *
  STEERS DRESSED DELIVERED     *           -
  STEERS DRESSED FOB           *           -
  HEIFERS LIVE FOB             627   214.00-216.00   214.61
  HEIFERS DRESSED DELIVERED    *           -
  HEIFERS DRESSED FOB          *           -
 * = No reportable trade.

IOWA\MINNESOTA   
CONFIRMED CASH SALES-TODAY:  4,593
              WEEK TO DATE: 17,262
                           Volume  USDA TOTAL RANGE Wtd Avg
  STEERS LIVE FOB            2,596   208.00-217.00   212.65
  STEERS LIVE DELIVERED        *           -
  STEERS DRESSED DELIVERED     238   335.00-340.00   336.64
  STEERS DRESSED FOB           868   332.00-338.00   334.24
  HEIFERS LIVE FOB             822   210.00-218.00   213.46
  HEIFERS LIVE DELIVERED       *           -
  HEIFERS DRESSED DELIVERED    *           -
  HEIFERS DRESSED FOB           36   338.00-338.00   338.00
 * = No reportable trade.

 5 Area Daily Weighted Average  
   11/05/26            Avg    Avg
Steers Live FOB      Price Weight
Total All Grades     216.95  1,596

By-Product Drop Value      11/05/26
                      Est. Change
HIDE & OFFAL:     14.61  -0.01

BEEF CARCASS EQUIVALENT INDEX  11/05/26
 (600-900#)         CHOICE   Chg  SELECT      Chg    # HEAD
 AVG INDEX          $337.63  -1.94 $323.68     -3.64104,453
 LIVE BASED         $325.70        $307.04           62,675
 BOX BASED          $349.56        $340.32           41,778
Live-Box Spread     -23.86         -33.28

DAILY BOXED BEEF CUTOUT AND BOXED BEEF C11/05/26
BEEF CUTOUTS        CHOICE   Chg  SELECT      Chg
 (600-900#)         $361.56  -0.94 $352.32     -4.33
CH/SE SPREAD:        $9.24
            TOTAL   CH CUT SE CUT     TRIM   GROUND
LOADS:       96.56    60.75  11.74     4.11    19.96

MONDAYS: 
COMPREHENSIVE WKLY CUTOUT VALUE 
           WEEK ENDING     11/02/2 $370.82

5-DAY ROLLING CUTTER COW CUTOUT  11/04/26
                            Value   Change
 CUTTER 90%  350# UP C/O:   295.31    -1.62

NATL BONELESS BEEF TRIM:   11/05/26
    loads     9.01
90% TRIM ld      0         WT AVG:  Change
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FI SLAUGHTER (KILL)       Week to
                             Kill     Date
                    Thu        110      430
              11/5  Prev Wk    109      434
                    Yr AGO     114      464

     -PREVIOUS DAY BREAKDOWN:
    STEERS/ HEIFERS      88    COWS/BULLS         21
WEEKLY CANADIAN CATTLE IMPORTS: 
                          FEEDER  SLAUGHTER S&H
Week Ending         10/24/2  3,796    9,005
Week Ending         10/17/2  2,811    9,368
Change Fm Previous Week        985     -363