Box Beef Prices Pick Up

Box Beef Prices Pick Up

Matt Rice
Matt Rice
This is Matt Rice with the Ag Information Network and today’s Market Line Report for Wednesday. Cash prices drive feeder cattle higher along with increased demand in Box Beef prices. Let’s go to Virginia McGathey with the CME Group to hear more.

Chicago Soft Red Winter Wheat prices for Dec. closed the day Up 5 ¾, to finish at 8-40 ½. Dec Corn was Dn 1 ¼, to finish the day at 6-85. Kansas City Hard Red Winter Wheat prices for Dec. were Up 6 ¼, to settle at 9-40 ¾.

Portland prices for Club Wheat with 10 ½ % Protein were Unch, ranging from 8-75 to 9-65. Soft White Wheat with 10 ½ % Protein prices for Dec. were Unch, ranging from 8-78 to 9-15. Hard Red Winter Wheat with 11 ½ percent Protein prices for Dec. were Up 6 ¼, ranging from 10-60 ¾ to 10-95 ¾. DNS wheat with 14 % protein, prices for Dec. were Dn ¼, ranging from 10-32 to 10-77.

Live Cattle for Dec. were Up $.27 ½, closing at 153.57 ½. Jan. Feeder Cattle were Up $1.00, to finish the day at 181.25. Dec. Class III milk was Dn $.25, to settle at 19.10.

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