Livestock and Grain Markets, Prices & Futures
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The Sterling Marketing Beef Profit Tracker shows current breakeven price in the $170s/cwt compares to $200/cwt for currently placed cattle.
February report confirms cattle on feed, placements and marketing statistics all down.
Check out the Sterling Marketing’s Profit Tracker ending for week of March 14.
While tariffs are negative for grain and hog producers, tariffs on U.S. beef and cattle imports have a net effect of tightening supplies and that’s price positive.
Feedlot margins jumped from $198 to $366. Choice steers were up slightly to $201.
Total beef cattle harvest last week was up 12,000 head from the prior week at 578,000 head, 6,000 head fewer than the same week last year.
Brad Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek says live cattle see buying interest after strong cash late last week. Corn tries to hold gains with soybeans seeing South American harvest pressure and concern about China’s 10% tariffs on U.S. soybeans.
Choice steers down $2 from last week with feed costs up. Packer margins still in red.
Darren Frye, Water Street Solutions, says corn, wheat and hogs reacted negatively to the 25% tariffs being imposed on Canada and Mexico on March 4.
Beef packers saw losses of $195.60 per head and pork packers saw losses of $1.41 per head.