DTN CATTLE PRICES/TRENDS               10/26 08:00

WEEKLY TOTALS REPORTED TO DTN FOR THE WEEK OF: 10/19-10/23

STATE  HEAD SOLD   LIVE PR RANGE   DRESSED PR RANGE
KS       2,900     106.00          .
NE       4,000     104.00-105.00   163.00-166.00
TX       2,500     106.00          .
CO         800     105.00          .
IA       1,100     104.00          163.00-165.00

LAST WEEK'S ROUND UP: Light trade developed as early as 
Monday last week and came in a little bit each day. Southern 
live trade had a full range of $103 to $106.50, mostly $106, 
$2 lower than the prior week's weighted average. Northern 
dressed trade ranged from $162 to $166, it is rather hard to 
tell just where most of the trade was within this range, so 
the change was roughly between $2.50 to $6.50 lower than last 
week's weighted average basis Nebraska. According to 
Thursday's Mandatory summary reports weekly accumulated 
average price totals are as follows (the prior week's 
weighted averages are listed in parentheses): KS $105.90 
($107.76); NE $163.67 ($168.57); TX $106.01($108.12); IA 
$164.28($168.03); CO Not available due to confidentiality, 
but private sources reported sales at $105.

The Friday afternoon Mandatory reports showed weekly trade 
volumes as follows: KS 18,249; NE 28,687; TX 10,590; IA 
19,698; CO not available due to confidentiality. Friday's 
slaughter was estimated at 103,000 head, 13,000 less than the 
week before, and 6,000 below a year ago. Saturday's kill was 
estimated at 60,000 head, bringing the weekly total to 
643,000 head, 11,000 head smaller than the prior week, but 
3,000 head greater than 2019. 

DTN MORNING COMMENTS:  The country is typically quiet this 
Monday morning with both buyers and sellers busy taking 
inventory. Bids and asking prices are not established as of 
yet. Beef cutouts are expected to be higher with generally 
light box movement.

For the week ending October 17, 2020, Imported Beef Passed for 
Entry in the U.S. totaled 55,022, 148.16% of the previous week 
and 133.82% of the 4-week average. 

NOTE:  The price and volume information listed on this page is 
supplied by DTN subscribers in the interest of general cash 
market awareness. All cattle feeding subscribers are encouraged 
to report sales in a timely fashion in order to compensate for 
the systematic delays of mandatory reporting. While all 
transactions will be posted on an anonymous basis, callers are 
required to identify themselves and the location of the actual 
sales. DTN believes this data to be accurate but cannot 
guarantee its specific reliability or whether it fairly 
represents the larger cash market.

Feedlots are encouraged to call DTN with any cattle sales, at 
1-800-369-7675, ext. 3678. All sales will be listed anonymously 
and organized by state. General trends and summaries from this 
data will also be posted on the Daily Sales Reported to DTN 
page.