The United States Department of Agriculture released its National Daily Cattle and Beef Summary on April 22, providing updated figures on cattle prices, slaughter numbers, and beef production.
The report offers market participants important information about the state of the cattle and beef sector. Accurate data helps producers, processors, and traders make informed decisions in a rapidly changing agricultural environment.
According to the summary, daily estimated cutout values for Choice beef stood at $384.19 per hundredweight with Select at $383.33. The spread between Choice and Select was reported at $0.86. Primal rib values were listed as $527.36 for Choice and $512.49 for Select cuts.
Live steer prices averaged $246.33 with an average weight of 1,553 pounds based on a head count of 409 animals processed as of 10:00 am that day. Dressed steers averaged a price of $386 per hundredweight with an average weight of 1,002 pounds.
Total daily cattle slaughter reached an estimated 111,000 head compared to last week’s figure of 109,000 head and last year’s number of over 120,000 head during the same period. Estimated weekly beef production totaled approximately 462 million pounds from a slaughter total of about 514,000 animals.
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