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🌽Corn Dec CORN: up 2¼ cents to $4.75¼🫛Soybeans Nov SOYBEANS: down 3½ cents to $12.22¾🌾Wheat Sep WHEAT: up 4 cents to $6....
07/21/2026

🌽Corn Dec CORN: up 2¼ cents to $4.75¼

🫛Soybeans Nov SOYBEANS: down 3½ cents to $12.22¾

🌾Wheat Sep WHEAT: up 4 cents to $6.78

🐂Live Cattle…🆙 $.150 to $226.675

🐂Feeder Cattle…⤵️$2.450 to $349.550

🥩Boxed Beef…Choice: 366.91, -3.19
Select: 354.23, -1.22
161 loads

🧦Cotton…July ⤵️ -0.05 (-0.07%) to $76.16

📣 🫛🇺🇸🇨🇳🌽🇨🇴Private exporters reported the following sales activities for MY 2026/2027: 264,000 MT of soybeans for delivery to China, 110,000 MT of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations, and 100,000 MT of corn for delivery to Colombia.

📣🐂🐷🐓 Iowa (Iowa Capital Dispatch) - An analysis from the Environmental Working Group mapped 15,309 animal feeding operations in Iowa, which is several thousand more than what is tracked and monitored by the state.
🛰️The group utilized satellite and aerial imagery to map animal feeding operations across Iowa and estimate the amount of manure they produce.
📈The report also notes a nearly 13% increase, from 2019 to 2025, in the number of animal feeding operations that have 1,000 or more animal units.
Environmental Working Group estimated that in 2025 animals at Iowa feeding operations with more than 50 animals produced over 107 million tons of manure. The group alleges this manure, which is often applied to nearby crop land, has contributed to nitrate pollution in Iowa’s streams and rivers.

🤝Thanks to National Beef Wire for the best cattle news in the business…
📣 6-Wt Steers Fall Below $400 After Setting an All-
Time National Record on July 8🏆
Just 12 days after posting the greatest day ever recorded for 6-weight steers, the market has experienced a dramatic reversal.
On Monday, the national weighted average for 600-699 Ib steers fell to $391.78/cwt, marking the first time in 2026 that the national average has dropped below the $400 mark.
📉The decline comes on the heels of an extraordinary day on July 8, when the national weighted average climbed to $463.82/cwt—the highest national weighted average for 6-weight steers in U.S. history.
That historic rally was fueled by an unprecedented sale at Bassett Livestock Auction (Bassett, Nebraska), which dominated the nation's top market reports. Bassett produced the 10 highest 6-weight steer sales in the country that day, including the three highest prices ever recorded in U.S. history for 6-weight steers, as well as the fifth-highest price on record.

🐂Here’s some of today’s auction results from around the region…
🔥 Stockmen's Livestock 22 Steers (1,476 lbs) @ $236.50
🔥 Stockmen's Livestock 9 Steers (1,474 lbs) @ $239.50
🔥 Stockmen's Livestock 12 Heifers (1,435 lbs) @ $234.75
🔥 Stockmen's Livestock 16 Steers (1,575 lbs) @ $234.75
🔥 Stockmen's Livestock 25 Steers (1,408 lbs) @ $236.50
🔥 Stockmen's Livestock 15 Steers (1,487 lbs) @ $239.00

🔥 Beaver County Stockyards 50 Steers (899 lbs) @ $352.00
🔥 Beaver County Stockyards 46 Heifers (475 lbs) @ $423.00
🔥 Beaver County Stockyards 50 Steers (845 lbs) @ $360.50
🔥 Beaver County Stockyards 10 Steers (376 lbs) @ $552.00
🔥 Beaver County Stockyards 19 Steers (487 lbs) @ $450.00
🔥 Beaver County Stockyards 147 Steers (415 lbs) @ $580.00
🔥 Beaver County Stockyards 111 Heifers (421 lbs) @ $485.50

🔥 Bluegrass Stockyards 55 Steers (1,014 lbs) @ $323.50
🔥 Bluegrass Stockyards 10 Heifers (630 lbs) @ $380.00
🔥 Wakeeney Livestock 56 Steers (848 lbs) @ $344.25
🔥 Turlock Livestock Auction Yard 18 Heifers (622 lbs) @ $369.00
🔥 North Platte Stockyards 36 Steers (869 lbs) @ $351.00
🔥 Kimball Livestock 223 Steers (1,009 lbs) @ $329.85
🔥 Kimball Livestock 50 Steers (1,076 lbs) @ $317.50

🌽Corn Dec CORN: up 3½ cents to $4.67½🫛Soybeans Nov SOYBEANS: up 8 cents to $12.03🌾Wheat Sep WHEAT: up 8 cents to $6.82¾...
07/17/2026

🌽Corn Dec CORN: up 3½ cents to $4.67½

🫛Soybeans Nov SOYBEANS: up 8 cents to $12.03

🌾Wheat Sep WHEAT: up 8 cents to $6.82¾¾

🐂Live Cattle…⤵️$2.650 to $224.425

🐂Feeder Cattle…⤵️$.650 to $345.950

🧦Cotton…July⤵️ -0.05 (-0.07%) to $76.16

📣 For the week of July 17th in grains…
🌽Dec corn UP 6 1/2 cents
🌾Dec wheat UP 45 1/4 cents
🫛Nov beans UP12 1/4 cents

📣 This week in meats…
🥩Aug cattle DOWN-10.775
🥩Oct cattle DOWN-9.85
🐷Aug hogs UP+2.650
🐷Oct hogs UP+2.875
🐂Aug feeders DOWN-8.650

📣🫛🇺🇸🇲🇽🇨🇳From USDA this morning…Private exporters reported the following sales activities for MY 2026/2027: 340,000 MT of soybeans for delivery to China, 256,634 MT of soybeans for delivery to Mexico, and 110,000 MT of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations.

🤝Thanks to National Beef Wire for the best cattle news in the business…
🥩Boxed Beef Down $33.50 Since June 23…
Last Year It Dropped $35 Before Rebounding Above $400 in Just Two Weeks!
Choice boxed beef closed Friday at $366.81, down $1.57 from Thursday's $368.38. Since reaching $400.31 on June 23, Choice boxed beef has declined $33.50, falling in 14 of the last 17 trading sessions.
Last year, Choice boxed beef followed a similar path, dropping $35.17 from $396.49 on June 27 to $361.32 on July 31. It then recovered to $400.57 by August 15, just two weeks after reaching its seasonal low.

🐂Here’s some of today’s auction results from around the region…
🔥 St. Onge Livestock 12 Steers (974 lbs) @ $314.00
🔥 St. Onge Livestock 12 Heifers (801 lbs) @ $340.00
🔥 St. Onge Livestock 12 Steers (566 lbs) @ $463.00
🔥 St. Onge Livestock 11 Heifers (917 lbs) @ $313.00
🔥 St. Onge Livestock 15 Heifers (824 lbs) @ $336.00

🌽Corn Dec CORN: down 5½ cents to $4.64🫛Soybeans Nov SOYBEANS: down 6¾ cents to $11.95🌾Wheat Sep WHEAT: down 2¾ cents to ...
07/16/2026

🌽Corn Dec CORN: down 5½ cents to $4.64

🫛Soybeans Nov SOYBEANS: down 6¾ cents to $11.95

🌾Wheat Sep WHEAT: down 2¾ cents to $6.74¾

🐂Live Cattle… ⤵️$3.050 to $227.075

🐂Feeder Cattle…⤵️$3.350 to $346.600

🥩Boxed Beef…Choice: 368.38, -2.90
Select: 355.69, -3.49
139 loads

🧦Cotton…July ⤵️ -0.05 (-0.07%) to $76.16

🤝Thanks to National Beef Wire for the best cattle news in the business…Brazil Beef Exempt from New U.S. Tariffs
According to Reuters, the Trump administration has announced a new 25% tariff on many imports from Brazil, with the duties scheduled to take effect July 22 under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. However, the administration released a broader-than-expected list of exemptions, including beef, coffee, rare earth minerals, energy products, aircraft, and aircraft parts.
🎯The move makes Brazil the first country targeted under the administration's revised trade strategy, which could eventually expand to other major U.S. trading partners, including India, China, Japan, South Korea, and the European Union.
🤷🏽‍♂️While Brazilian officials criticized the tariffs and vowed to challenge them through the World Trade Organization, the exemption of Brazilian beef means U.S. beef trade with Brazil will not be subject to the new 25% duties at this time, according to Reuters.

🐂Here’s some of today’s auction results from around the region…
🔥 Crawford Livestock Market 68 Steers (876 lbs) @ $363.00
🔥 Clarinda Livestock Auction 64 Steers (893 lbs) @ $354.00
🔥 Clarinda Livestock Auction 62 Steers (890 lbs) @ $351.50
🔥 Clarinda Livestock Auction 27 Heifers (864 lbs) @ $321.00
🔥 Kalona Sales Barn 14 Heifers (1,268 lbs) @ $240.00
🔥 Paris Stockyards 29 Steers (930 lbs) @ $322.00

🔥 Bluegrass South Livestock 56 Heifers (904 lbs) @ $285.50
🔥 Bluegrass South Livestock 19 Heifers (570 lbs) @ $442.50
🔥 Bluegrass South Livestock 17 Steers (712 lbs) @ $422.00
🔥 Bluegrass South Livestock 22 Steers (653 lbs) @ $450.00
🔥 Bluegrass South Livestock 14 Heifers (644 lbs) @ $395.00
🔥 Bluegrass South Livestock 46 Steers (618 lbs) @ $455.00
🔥 Bluegrass South Livestock 14 Steers (555 lbs) @ $475.00

🔥 StateLine Stockyards 50 Steers (881 lbs) @ $323.00
🔥 StateLine Stockyards 36 Heifers (732 lbs) @ $332.00
🔥 StateLine Stockyards 23 Heifers (819 lbs) @ $320.00
🔥 StateLine Stockyards 61 Heifers (1,002 lbs) @ $292.00
🔥 StateLine Stockyards 51 Heifers (832 lbs) @ $315.00
🔥 StateLine Stockyards 113 Heifers (856 lbs) @ $327.00

🌽Corn Dec CORN: up 9 cents to $4.69½🫛Soybeans Nov SOYBEANS: up 10¾ cents to $12.01¾🌾Wheat Sep WHEAT: up 32½ cents to $6....
07/15/2026

🌽Corn Dec CORN: up 9 cents to $4.69½

🫛Soybeans Nov SOYBEANS: up 10¾ cents to $12.01¾

🌾Wheat Sep WHEAT: up 32½ cents to $6.77½

🐂Live Cattle…⤵️$1.300 to $230.125

🐂Feeder Cattle…🆙$1.150 to $349.950

🥩Boxed Beef…Choice: 371.28, -2.67
Select: 359.18, -5.23
123 loads

🧦Cotton…July ⤵️ -0.05 (-0.07%) to $76.16

📣 From Beef News…JBS Pays $8 Million to Make a Price-Fixing Case Disappear
A JBS employee testified under oath that executives 'expressly agreed' to cut slaughter volumes to suppress cattle prices. JBS just paid $8 million to settle the Canadian case — with no admission of guilt — while Cargill and Tyson remain in court.
🙉 The case, filed in the Supreme Court of British Columbia in 2022 and detailed in the plaintiff's notice of civil claim , accuses Cargill, JBS, Tyson and National Beef of doing something far more coordinated than reading the same market signals. Starting in 2015, the pleadings allege, senior executives at these companies began secretly communicating — by phone, by email, in person — about how much cattle to slaughter and how much beef to sell. Not once. Periodically. For years.
🙈 The mechanism is almost elegant in its simplicity: agree to idle a few plants, run others at reduced hours, schedule some conveniently unnecessary maintenance shutdowns, and the supply of beef tightens on command. Prices don't need to be set in a smoke-filled room when four companies can just quietly agree to produce less.
🙊 This isn't just a theory dressed up in legal language — it's sworn testimony the court found credible enough to matter at the certification stage. In her certification ruling released in October 2025, Justice Michael Thomas pointed to sworn evidence from a JBS subsidiary employee who testified that a superior told them the company and its co-defendants had "expressly agreed to periodically reduce its purchase and slaughter volumes" to hold down what they paid for cattle — and that "higher-ups" at JBS, including its U.S. head office, knew about it. That's sworn testimony, cited by a Canadian judge, describing an alleged policy. It hasn't been tested at trial and JBS has admitted nothing.

🤝Thanks to National Beef Wire for the best cattle news in the business…
🥩📈Retail Beef Prices Set New All-Time Record High in June…
Retail beef prices reached a new all-time record high in June, with the USDA's Retail Beef Price Composite increasing 14 cents from $9.21 in May to $9.35 per pound. Several categories posted notable monthly increases, including ground chuck (+26 cents), beef for stew (+30 cents), round roast (+35 cents), sirloin steak (+18 cents), and all uncooked beef roasts (+15 cents). Chuck roast was the only major category to decline during the month, slipping 6 cents to $9.55 per pound.
The new record retail beef composite reflects the highest monthly average retail beef price ever reported by USDA.

🐂Here’s some of today’s auction results from around the region…
🔥 Enid Livestock Market 28 Steers (635 lbs) @ $422.00
🔥 Parsons Livestock Auction 24 Heifers (675 lbs) @ $345.25
🔥 Emporia Livestock Sales 218 Steers (870 lbs) @ $335.00
🔥 J.C. Livestock 24 Steers (494 lbs) @ $505.00
🔥 J.C. Livestock 27 Steers (680 lbs) @ $435.00
🔥 J.C. Livestock 40 Steers (578 lbs) @ $490.00

🌽Corn Dec CORN: down 2¾ cents to $4.60½🫛Soybeans Nov SOYBEANS: down 3¾ cents to $11.91🌾Wheat Sep WHEAT: up 9¾ cents to $...
07/14/2026

🌽Corn Dec CORN: down 2¾ cents to $4.60½

🫛Soybeans Nov SOYBEANS: down 3¾ cents to $11.91

🌾Wheat Sep WHEAT: up 9¾ cents to $6.45

🐂Live Cattle…⤵️$3.300 to $231.425

🐂Feeder Cattle…⤵️$5.550 to $348.800

🥩Boxed Beef…Choice: 373.95, -1.66
Select: 364.41, -.76
90 loads

🧦Cotton…July ⤵️ -0.05 (-0.07%) to $76.16

📣 🌽 From USDA…Corn Silking Moves Ahead of Average Across Major Producing States
Corn development accelerated rapidly during the week ending July 12, with 34% of the corn crop across the 18 major producing states now at the silking stage, up from 16% the previous week and ahead of the 30% five-year average. Progress remains well ahead of normal in the southern Corn Belt, led by North Carolina (92%), Tennessee (90%), Texas (82%), Kentucky (71%), and Missouri (67%). In the central Corn Belt, Kansas (50%), Illinois (40%), and Iowa (38%) are near or ahead of average, while northern states such as North Dakota (8%), Wisconsin (4%), and South Dakota (17%) continue to trail as expected due to their later growing season.

📣 OMAHA (DTN) -- U.S. corn condition ratings improved 1 percentage point after holding steady for two weeks, while soybean condition ratings also increased 1 percentage point from the previous week, according to USDA NASS's weekly Crop Progress report released Monday.
A major heat wave will dominate the northern U.S. this week, stressing crops as dry conditions persist. A midweek front may bring limited relief before a late-week system ends the heat and shifts concerns west, according to DTN Ag Meteorologist John Baranick.
🌽 CORN
-- Crop development: Corn silking was pegged at 34%, 2 percentage points ahead of last year's 32% and 4 percentage points ahead of the five-year average of 30%. Corn in the dough stage was estimated at 6%, steady with last year and slightly ahead of the five-year average of 5%.
-- Crop condition: NASS estimated that 68% of the crop was in good-to-excellent condition, 1 percentage point above the previous week of 67% and 6 percentage points below last year's 74%. Eight percent of the crop was rated very poor to poor, steady with the previous week and 3 points above the previous year's 5%. DTN Senior Analyst noted that Iowa's crop ratings stood at 78% good to excellent, compared with 83% in Wisconsin and 84% in Minnesota.
🫛 SOYBEANS
-- Crop development: Soybeans blooming was pegged at 50%, 5 points ahead of last year's 45% and 6 points ahead of the five-year average of 44%. Soybeans setting pods were estimated at 19%, 5 points ahead of last year's 14% and 6 points ahead of the five-year average of 13%.
-- Crop condition: NASS estimated that 65% of soybeans that had emerged were in good-to-excellent condition, 1 point above the previous week of 64% and 5 points below the previous year of 70%. Iowa's soybean crop was rated 74% good to excellent, while Wisconsin and Minnesota were rated at 78% and 81% good to excellent, respectively, Mantini said.
🌾 WINTER WHEAT
-- Harvest progress: Harvest moved ahead 8 percentage points last week to reach 67% complete nationwide as of Sunday. That was 5 points ahead of last year's 62% and 6 points ahead of the five-year average of 61%. Winter wheat harvest was 97% complete in Kansas, while Idaho was only 5% harvested, Mantini said.

🤝Thanks to National Beef Wire for the best cattle news in the business…
💪🏽Sioux Falls Adds Another Top 10 Steer String in 2026
Sioux Falls Regional Livestock (Worthing, SD) marketed 468 steers averaging 1,024 pounds at $334.50 on Monday, making it the 6th-largest steer string sold in the United States so far in 2026.
💪🏽💪🏽The largest steer string sold anywhere in the country this year remains 729 head averaging 1,017 pounds at Sioux Falls on May 11.
Sioux Falls now holds three of the top 10 largest steer strings sold nationally in 2026, while Joplin Regional Stockyards (Carthage, MO) also holds three spots in the top 10. So far this year, there have been five steer sales of 500 head or more and 14 sales of 400 head or larger across the United States.

🐂Here’s some of today’s auction results from around the region…
🔥 Bluegrass Stockyards 46 Steers (985 lbs) @ $318.75
🔥 Bluegrass Stockyards 55 Steers (930 lbs) @ $330.80
🔥 Bluegrass Stockyards 54 Steers (980 lbs) @ $318.25
🔥 Bluegrass Stockyards 56 Steers (995 lbs) @ $320.00
🔥 Bluegrass Stockyards 46 Steers (985 lbs) @ $318.75
🔥 Bluegrass Stockyards 74 Heifers (730 lbs) @ $350.50

🔥 Beaver County Stockyards 174 Steers (744 lbs) @ $356.25
🔥 Beaver County Stockyards 53 Heifers (889 lbs) @ $321.50
🔥 Beaver County Stockyards 19 Heifers (528 lbs) @ $392.50
🔥 Beaver County Stockyards 20 Steers (377 lbs) @ $560.00
🔥 Beaver County Stockyards 36 Steers (859 lbs) @ $340.00
🔥 Beaver County Stockyards 15 Steers (561 lbs) @ $457.50

🔥 Stockmen's Livestock 40 Steers (1,582 lbs) @ $242.00
🔥 Stockmen's Livestock 25 Steers (1,498 lbs) @ $245.50
🔥 Stockmen's Livestock 23 Heifers (1,577 lbs) @ $226.00
🔥 Stockmen's Livestock 14 Steers (1,582 lbs) @ $254.50
🔥 Stockmen's Livestock 31 Heifers (1,292 lbs) @ $243.00
🔥 Stockmen's Livestock 57 Heifers (1,453 lbs) @ $241.00
🔥 Stockmen's Livestock 20 Steers (1,512 lbs) @ $248.00

🔥 OKC West Livestock 20 Heifers (502 lbs) @ $435.00
🔥 OKC West Livestock 14 Steers (553 lbs) @ $420.00
🔥 OKC West Livestock 12 Steers (447 lbs) @ $480.00
🔥 OKC West Livestock 13 Bulls (371 lbs) @ $580.00
🔥 OKC West Livestock 21 Heifers (498 lbs) @ $440.00
🔥 OKC West Livestock 19 Heifers (439 lbs) @ $490.00
🔥 OKC West Livestock 16 Heifers (397 lbs) @ $450.00

🌽Corn Dec CORN: up 2¼ cents to $4.63¼🫛Soybeans Nov SOYBEANS: up 4 cents to $11.94🌾Wheat Sep WHEAT: down 5 cents to $6.35...
07/13/2026

🌽Corn Dec CORN: up 2¼ cents to $4.63¼

🫛Soybeans Nov SOYBEANS: up 4 cents to $11.94

🌾Wheat Sep WHEAT: down 5 cents to $6.35¼

🐂Live Cattle… ⤵️$.475 to $234.725

🐂Feeder Cattle…⤵️$.250 to $354.350

🥩Boxed Beef…Choice: 375.61, -7.07
Select: 365.17, -3.16
122 loads

🧦Cotton…July ⤵️ -0.05 (-0.07%) to $76.16

📣🫛 🇺🇸🇨🇳From USDA…Private exporters reported sales of 136,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2026/2027 marketing year.

📣 WASHINGTON (DTN) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday announced remaining farm safety-net changes authorized under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), lowering drought triggers for livestock forage assistance, increasing livestock predation indemnity payments to 100% of market value and updating marketing assistance loan programs for cotton and sugar producers.
💰The additional spending expands funding available through existing farm safety net programs, reducing reliance on ad hoc assistance packages.
Last month, the Farm Service Agency (FSA) issued opportunities for eligible producers to increase base acres and expanded payment limitations.
LIVESTOCK FORAGE DISASTER PROGRAM
Among the most significant changes is an expansion of the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP).
Previously, producers qualified for one monthly payment after eight consecutive weeks of severe drought. Under the new law, producers may now qualify after just four consecutive weeks of D2 (severe) drought on the U.S. Drought Monitor, effective retroactively to Jan. 1, 2026.
2️⃣Producers may also receive a two-month payment if D2 drought conditions persist for seven of eight consecutive weeks during the normal grazing period.
According to USDA estimates, lowering the drought trigger will cost about $343 million dollars annually. Combined with other disaster program improvements announced, the changes are expected to cost roughly $927 million dollars per year.
The annual payment limitation for LFP remains $125,000 per person or legal entity.
🐺🐺 FULL DEPREDATION COVERAGE
USDA also expanded the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP).
Beginning retroactively Jan. 1, 2026, producers will receive compensation equal to 100% of market value for livestock killed by federally protected predators or animals reintroduced into the wild by the federal government, including wolves and certain avian predators. Previously, only 75% of market value loss was compensated.
🐺Gray wolves currently have populations in 10 U.S. states, primarily across the northern Rockies, Great Lakes region and Pacific Northwest. Mexican gray wolves are also found to harm livestock population in New Mexico and Arizona.

📣From Western Ag Network…BLM's Biggest Grazing Update in 20 Years Is Here July 8, 2026
BLM has proposed updates to their federal lands grazing regulations for the first time in more than 20 years. NCBA and PLC urge all grazing permittees to submit comments in support of these changes. All comments must be submitted before midnight Eastern on July 13, 2026!
The proposed regulations make key updates to the regulations to make the agency incorporate the best science and monitoring, improves the ability to use grazing as a land management tool as well as a key forage source for food and fiber production, and protects ranchers’ access to federal lands.
Public Lands Council President and Colorado rancher Tim Canterbury says ranchers across the West have made one thing clear during recent listening sessions: more flexibility and better science are needed to manage federal grazing permits.

🤝Thanks to National Beef Wire for the best cattle news in the business…Monday's early feeder cattle trade was led by strong demand for lightweight and yearling steers across several states. The top reported sale in the 300-399-pound category was 18 head averaging 318 pounds at $559.06 at Farmers Ranchers in Salina, Kansas.
💪🏽Tina, Missouri posted the day's top 400-pound sale with 10 head averaging 416 pounds at $550.00, while Joplin Regional Stockyards in Carthage, Missouri led the 500-pound category with 27 head averaging 518 pounds at $530.00. BG Lexington in Kentucky topped the
600-pound division at $482.00 for 18 head averaging 600 pounds, and Russell Livestock in lowa reported the highest 700-pound sale with 37 head averaging 701 pounds at $427.00.
💪🏽Demand for heavier feeder cattle also remained solid. Joplin posted the top
800-pound sale with 131 head averaging 800 pounds at $377.50, while 58 head averaging 914 pounds brought $347.75 at Paris, Kentucky to lead the 900-pound category. Sioux Falls Regional Livestock in Worthing, South Dakota recorded the highest 10-weight sale of the day, marketing 468 head averaging 1,024 pounds at $334.50.

🐂Here’s some of today’s auction results from around the region…
🔥 Joplin Regional Stockyards 41 Steers (895 lbs) @ $341.00
🔥 Joplin Regional Stockyards 38 Steers (879 lbs) @ $344.00
🔥 Joplin Regional Stockyards 41 Steers (838 lbs) @ $345.50
🔥 Joplin Regional Stockyards 77 Steers (993 lbs) @ $322.00
🔥 Joplin Regional Stockyards 22 Heifers (620 lbs) @ $382.00
🔥 Joplin Regional Stockyards 92 Steers (858 lbs) @ $360.50

🔥 Sioux Falls Regional Livestock 127 Heifers (800 lbs) @ $331.00
🔥 Sioux Falls Regional Livestock 49 Steers (851 lbs) @ $356.00
🔥 Sioux Falls Regional Livestock 64 Steers (916 lbs) @ $343.00
🔥 Sioux Falls Regional Livestock 66 Steers (835 lbs) @ $365.00
🔥 Sioux Falls Regional Livestock 50 Heifers (829 lbs) @ $325.00
🔥 Sioux Falls Regional Livestock 65 Heifers (917 lbs) @ $306.00
🔥 Sioux Falls Regional Livestock 63 Heifers (937 lbs) @ $295.50
🔥 Sioux Falls Regional Livestock 135 Heifers (923 lbs) @ $309.00

🔥 Overbrook Livestock 63 Heifers (785 lbs) @ $341.35
🔥 Russell Livestock Market 20 Heifers (528 lbs) @ $448.00
🔥 Gainesville Livestock Auction 59 Steers (901 lbs) @ $329.50
🔥 Gainesville Livestock Auction 79 Steers (529 lbs) @ $513.00
🔥 Russell Livestock Market 20 Heifers (528 lbs) @ $448.00
🔥 Paris Stockyards 58 Steers (914 lbs) @ $347.75
🔥 Tina Livestock 12 Steers (594 lbs) @ $444.00

🌽Corn Dec CORN: up 9 cents to $4.61🫛Soybeans Nov SOYBEANS: up 9¼ cents to $11.90¾🌾Wheat Sep WHEAT: up 20½ cents to $6.40...
07/11/2026

🌽Corn Dec CORN: up 9 cents to $4.61

🫛Soybeans Nov SOYBEANS: up 9¼ cents to $11.90¾

🌾Wheat Sep WHEAT: up 20½ cents to $6.40¼

🐂Live Cattle…⤵️$.050 to $235.200

🐂Feeder Cattle…⤵️$1.550 to $354.600

🥩Boxed Beef…Choice: 382.68, +1.87
Select: 368.33, +4.84
90 loads

🧦Cotton… July ⤵️ -0.05 (-0.07%) to $76.16

📣🫛🇺🇸🇨🇳Private exporters reported sales of 264,000 MT of soybeans for delivery to China during MY 2026/2027.

📣 🚀For the week of July 10th…
🌽Dec corn UP 19 1/2 cents
🌾Dec wheat UP 40 1/2 cents
🫛Nov beans UP 43 cents

📣This week in meats…
🥩Aug cattle DOWN-4.025
🥩Oct cattle DOWN-3.750
🐷Aug hogs UP+0.250
🐷Oct hogs UP+3.050
🐂Aug feeders DOWN-6.025

📣🏛️ CHICAGO, July 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture dramatically lowered its reported beef export sales for late June on Thursday, sparking fresh concerns about the quality of the agency's data after staffing losses as ‌part of the Trump administration's reshaping of the federal government.
USDA said exporters in late June sold a net 12,064 metric tons of U.S. beef to foreign buyers, 90% lower than the volume it originally reported a week ago.
📉 Traders had largely dismissed USDA’s initial report as inaccurate.
Trust in USDA reports has suffered among traders, analysts and farmers following deep staff losses and after the agency significantly underestimated corn acres last year. It also delayed a quarterly agricultural trade report and excluded findings that pointed to tariffs as a reason for a forecast increase in the agricultural trade deficit, which analysts said raised questions about its objectivity.

🔀USDA said ⁠it received incorrect beef export sales data and published it in a weekly report on July 2. The data showed that 2026 sales reached a high of 126,062 metric tons in the week that ended on June 25, up nearly 500% from a week earlier.
🙈🙉🙊Traders and analysts had quickly cast doubt on the unusually large increase because it included sales to some countries that were several times larger than those countries had ever purchased from the US. Amy Harding, an export sales reporting specialist with USDA, told Reuters last week that it had confirmed numbers with an exporting company.

🐂Here’s some of today’s auction results from around the region…
🔥 Fredonia Livestock Auction 116 Steers (824 lbs) @ $374.75
🔥 Fredonia Livestock Auction 127 Steers (925 lbs) @ $354.50
🔥 Fredonia Livestock Auction 124 Steers (916 lbs) @ $357.50
🔥 Ft Pierre Livestock Auction 65 Steers (774 lbs) @ $406.00
🔥 Ft Pierre Livestock Auction 76 Steers (655 lbs) @ $438.00
🔥 Ft Pierre Livestock Auction 78 Heifers (567 lbs) @ $479.00
🔥 Ft Pierre Livestock Auction 76 Heifers (612 lbs) @ $419.00

🌽Corn Dec CORN: down 4¼ cents to $4.52🫛Soybeans Nov SOYBEANS: down 10¾ cents to $11.81½🌾Wheat Sep WHEAT: up 12 cents to ...
07/09/2026

🌽Corn Dec CORN: down 4¼ cents to $4.52

🫛Soybeans Nov SOYBEANS: down 10¾ cents to $11.81½

🌾Wheat Sep WHEAT: up 12 cents to $6.19¾

🐂Live Cattle… ⤵️$2.375 to $235.250

🐂Feeder Cattle…⤵️$5.900 to $356.150

🥩Boxed Beef…Choice: 380.81, -.39
Select: 363.49, +.40
86 loads

🧦Cotton…July ⤵️ -0.05 (-0.07%) to $76.16

📣 🇺🇸🇨🇳From USDA…Private exporters reported the following sales activities for MY 2026/2027: 136,000 MT of soybeans for delivery to China and 120,000 MT of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations.

🤝Thanks to National Beef Wire for the best cattle news in the business…Big-Time Cash Sales Continue as Futures Slide $5.90
📉Despite August feeder cattle futures falling $5.90 to $356.15 from Wednesday's close, the cash feeder cattle market remained strong Thursday with several sales trading near or at record barn levels. Pratt (Pratt, KS) sold 41 steers averaging 638 Ibs for $478.00, while Valentine (Valentine, NE) reported 79 steers averaging 716 Ibs at $425.00. In the heavier weights, Valentine also sold 60 steers averaging 814 Ibs for $384.00 and 121 steers averaging 923 Ibs for $369.00. Pratt followed with several outstanding 8- and 9-wt sales, including 107 steers averaging 851 Ibs at $371.75 and multiple 9-wt drafts from $364.00 to $364.50. Woodward (Woodward, OK) and Wheeler (Osceola, MO) each sold 8-wt steers at $370.00, while Ogallala (Ogallala, NE) topped the 10-wt division with 182 steers averaging 1,006 Ibs at $337.25.
Cash feeder cattle prices continue to hold well above the nearby futures market.

🐂Here’s some of today’s auction results from around the region…
🔥 Pratt Livestock 107 Steers (851 lbs) @ $371.75
🔥 Mitchell Livestock Marketing 55 Steers (1,146 lbs) @ $304.85
🔥 Mitchell Livestock Marketing 50 Steers (1,035 lbs) @ $325.00
🔥 Mitchell Livestock Marketing 34 Heifers (719 lbs) @ $362.00
🔥 Mitchell Livestock Marketing 17 Heifers (825 lbs) @ $330.50
🔥 Mitchell Livestock Marketing 29 Heifers (791 lbs) @ $353.00
🔥 Mitchell Livestock Marketing 31 Steers (806 lbs) @ $356.00

🔥 Woodward Livestock 39 Steers (820 lbs) @ $336.50
🔥 Ogallala Livestock Auction 63 Steers (877 lbs) @ $363.50
🔥 Paris Stockyards 32 Steers (791 lbs) @ $379.75
🔥 Sisseton Livestock Auction n59 Steers (929 lbs) @ $364.00
🔥 Valentine Livestock Auction 23 Heifers (604 lbs) @ $450.00
🔥 Valentine Livestock Auction 24 Steers (618 lbs) @ $482.50
🔥 Ogallala Livestock Auction 90 Steers (947 lbs) @ $345.50

🌽Corn Dec CORN: down 8 cents to $4.56¼🫛Soybeans Nov SOYBEANS: down 5½ cents to $11.92¼🌾Wheat Sep WHEAT: down 10¾ cents t...
07/08/2026

🌽Corn Dec CORN: down 8 cents to $4.56¼

🫛Soybeans Nov SOYBEANS: down 5½ cents to $11.92¼

🌾Wheat Sep WHEAT: down 10¾ cents to $6.07¾

🐂Live Cattle…⤵️$.800 to $237.625

🐂Feeder Cattle…🆙$1.400 to $362.050

🥩Boxed Beef…Choice 381.20 - 4.57
Select 363.09 - 2.80
Ch/Se spread 18.11 on 199 loads

🧦Cotton…July⤵️ -0.73 (-0.95%) to $76.21

📣 🫛🇺🇸🇨🇳 From USDA…Private exporters reported sales of 472,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China. Of the total, 136,000 metric tons is for delivery during the 2025/2026 marketing year and 336,000 metric tons is for delivery during the 2026/2027 marketing year.

📣🌽 From AgWeb, NCGA: U.S. Farmers Paying Double for Some Crop Protection Products Compared to Brazil…The study, conducted by Kynetec for NCGA, found U.S. corn growers consistently paid more than Brazilian farmers for major crop inputs between 2023 and 2025, even after adjusting for taxes, currency differences and purchasing power.
Among the findings:
* U.S. corn seed prices averaged 68% higher than Brazil’s
* U.S. corn insecticide prices averaged 87% higher
* Some fungicides cost more than double what Brazilian farmers paid
* Many herbicide comparisons also approached double Brazilian price levels
👀For NCGA President Jed Bower, an Ohio farmer, the findings confirm concerns many growers have held for years.
“It sure doesn’t look like we’re the low-cost producer anymore,” Bower says. “The study shows the American farmer is really paying for all the innovation and research for the rest of the world to take advantage of.”

🤝Thanks to National Beef Wire for the best cattle news in the business…Top 10 4-Weight Steer Sales in Oklahoma History: OKC West
Adds Another Record
OKC West added another chapter to Oklahoma cattle market history on Tuesday, selling 55 steers averaging 406 pounds for $635.00/cwt.

📈The sale was the highest price paid for any 4-weight steers sold so far on Tuesday and established a new Oklahoma record for a load of 50 or more head in the 400-499 pound weight class. It also marked only the second time in state history that a string of 50 or more 4-weight steers has sold for $600.00/cwt or higher. The sale is tied for the seventh-highest price ever recorded in Oklahoma history for 4-weight steers (minimum 10 head).

🐂Here’s some of today’s auction results from around the region…
🔥 Bassett Livestock Auction 170 Steers (1,060 lbs) @ $338.00
🔥 Bassett Livestock Auction 229 Steers (1,013 lbs) @ $356.50
🔥 Bassett Livestock Auction 194 Steers (988 lbs) @ $353.00
🔥 Bassett Livestock Auction 66 Steers (912 lbs) @ $365.50
🔥 Bassett Livestock Auction 210 Steers (1,097 lbs) @ $334.00
🔥 Bassett Livestock Auction 102 Steers (1,039 lbs) @ $359.00
🔥 Bassett Livestock Auction 152 Steers (991 lbs) @ $344.00

🔥 Turner County Stockyard 66 Steers (753 lbs) @ $382.25
🔥 Premier Livestock 38 Steers (1,536 lbs) @ $228.00
🔥 Mitchell Livestock Marketing 22 Cows (1,473 lbs) @ $185.00
🔥 Parsons Livestock Auction 26 Steers (903 lbs) @ $335.10
🔥 Bassett Livestock Auction 206 Steers (1,045 lbs) @ $336.00
🔥 Bassett Livestock Auction 64 Steers (925 lbs) @ $358.50
🔥 Bassett Livestock Auction 52 Steers (943 lbs) @ $365.00

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