National Daily Cattle & Beef Summary Des Moines, Iowa Friday, September 24, 2021 USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Mkt News AMS 2453/LM_XB403 Weekly Choice Cutout DAILY ESTIMATED CUTOUT VALUES $470 Choice Select $445 600-900# 600-900# Choice/Select Spread $420 Current Cutout Values: 303.32 274.53 28.79 $395 Change from prior day: (-2.28) (-0.46) $370 $345 Primal Rib 569.08 438.74 $320 Primal Chuck 245.26 236.40 Load Count: $295 Primal Round 241.58 238.12 Total 104 $270 Primal Loin 367.53 325.16 Choice 49 $245 Primal Brisket 272.49 243.45 Select 12 $220 $195 Primal Short Plate 210.49 210.49 Trimmings 18 J F M A M J J A S O N D Primal Flank 158.33 155.76 Grinds 25 2021 2020 5 yr Avg Fresh 50% Trimmings 18 Loads @ 128.94 910 LMR Steer/Heifer Dressed Weights AMS 2829/NW_LS441 900 USDA BY-PRODUCT DROP VALUE (STEER) - DAILY 890 15.41 Change: unchanged 880 870 AMS 2466/LM_CT100 860 5 AREA WEEKLY ACCUMULATED WEIGHTED AVG CATTLE PRICE 850 As of 10:00 am Head Count Avg Weight Avg Price 840 Live Steer 19,496 1,478 123.64 830 Live Heifer 7,467 1,317 123.68 820 Dressed Steer 12,180 965 196.46 J F M A M J J A S O N D Dressed Heifer 2,924 840 196.52 2021 2020 2019 AMS 3208/SJ_LS710 DAILY CATTLE SLAUGHTER Saturday Today 110,000 54,000 5 Area Weekly Wtd Avg Steer Price Week Ago 118,000 64,000 $130 Year Ago (act) 113,000 59,000 $125 Week to Date 587,000 641,000 $120 Same Period Last Week 593,000 657,000 $115 Same Period Last Year 596,000 655,000 $110 Previous Day Steer and Heifer 88,000 $105 Cow and Bull 26,000 $100 AMS 3209/SJ_LS712 9/25/2021 Last Week Last Year $95 BEEF PRODUCTION (Estimate) (Estimate) (Actual) $90 Slaughter 641,000 660,000 655,000 J F M A M J J A S O N D Live Weights 1363 1359 1388 2021 2020 5 yr Avg Dressed Weights 825 823 845 Beef Production (millions of pounds) 527.9 542.2 551.5 Weekly Ch/Se Spread AMS 2825/NW_LS410 $39 USDA BEEF CARCASS PRICE EQUIVALENT INDEX VALUE $36 Choice Select Dressing percent: $33 $30 600-900# 600-900# Steer Heifer $27 $234.85 $207.50 63.54 63.40 $24 Change (-1.38) (-0.48) $21 $18 AMS 2455/LM_XB405 $15 USDA NATIONAL CUTTER COW CARCASS CUTOUT $12 232.67 (-0.03) 90% lean: 276.93 $9 CME LIVE CATTLE $6 $3 High Low Change Settle $0 OCT 123.35 122.60 (0.30) 122.93 J F M A M J J A S O N D DEC 128.60 127.73 (0.48) 128.15 2021 2020 5 yr Avg FEB 132.88 132.23 (0.33) 132.63 CME FEEDER CATTLE USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News High Low Change Settle Des Moines, Iowa | PH 515-284-4460 SEP 155.03 154.48 (0.28) 154.63 Email: [email protected] OCT 157.63 156.40 0.50 157.35 https://mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov/viewReport/2870 NOV 158.85 157.50 0.48 158.58 USDA AMS Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News.