Loading…

Direct cash cattle trade started quietly on December 2, with northern dressed deals at $186 to $188 and southern live business at $117 to $119. Boxed beef was firm to sharply higher, with Choice up $1.97 at $234.09 and Select up $0.40.
Firm boxed beef and cash prices support fed cattle values, though the thin early trade means price discovery is still developing.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.