Morning Ag Markets – Matt Hines
Date: October 15th, 2018 Compared to last week, live sales in the Southern Plains sold steady again at $111. Dressed sales in Nebraska sold at mostly $174, $1 lower than last week. This is the fifth consecutive week that live sales in the Southern Plains sold at mostly $111 although the range this past week was a little lower from $108 to $111.50 and $171 to $176 dressed. Fed Cattle Exchange online auction trade from earlier in the week had over 1,200 head consigned and zero sales. August 22 was the last time any cattle changed hands on the FCE. NATIONAL FEEDER & STOCKER CATTLE SUMMARY – WEEK ENDING 10/12/2018 RECEIPTS: Auctions Direct Video/Internet Total This Week 195,000 32,500 6,100 233,600 Last Week 249,600 47,600…