This Week's Top 10: Cash Trade, New Highs, Deere, Burwell, Russell, Winter, Calf Tracker... (VIEW REPORT)

NATIONAL CATTLE TRACKER: The largest steer or heifer string sold last week was 349 steers (1017#) from Burwell, Nebraska at $166.85. The second largest string was 276 heifers (720#) from Joplin, Missouri at $157.75 (VIEW REPORT)

NATIONAL STEER TRACKER: The largest steer string sold last week on the National Steer Tracker (700-899#) was 262 steers (770#) from West Plains, Missouri at $169.00. The average price for the top 10 steer strings (700-899#) was $164.26, compared to $161.49 last week. (VIEW REPORT)

BEEF PRODUCTION: Weekly production reported at 470.5 million pounds, down 16.3% from last week, down 1.1% from last year (EWMP)

SCHWIETERMAN CATTLE: Dec-April scored new contract highs on Friday and Dec was 4.60 higher for the week. Cash trade was modest, with $140 tops in the cash and $218 in the beef (VIEW REPORT)

SCHWIETERMAN GRAIN: Corn traded both sides of unchanged overnight and at one point took out Friday’s high. The key resistance for the March contract will come in at Wednesday’s high of $5.96 ¾, followed by the August high of $5.99 ¾. Most likely we will see a run at the contract highs at some point, but it will depend on the demand pace (VIEW REPORT)

GRAIN TRENDS (Short Term/Long Term): CORN: Up/Up; WHEAT: Up/Up; SOYBEANS: Down/Up (VIEW REPORT)

CATTLE TRENDS (Short Term/Long Term): LIVE: Up/Up; FEEDERS: Up/Up (VIEW REPORT)

DVAUCTION - Upcoming Production Sales

Sold a few bred hfrs today. Dad was up to making the trip. Russell Livestock has a chairlift to the top of the ring and I am thankful for that. Couldn't get into his old spot but this was close enough. Dad's bought thousands of cattle from that chair over the last 40 yrs (John Schlessiger)

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