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DAILY MARKET SUMMARY

_{Thursday, October 29}

AUCTION SUMMARY

OKC West Livestock Auction

7,021 El Reno, OK

Wednesday

Feeder Steers - Medium & Large #1		Feeder Heifers - Medium & Large #1
500-600 lbs	410.00-475.00	300-400 lbs	450.00-480.00
600-700 lbs	350.00-390.00	400-500 lbs	420.00-480.00
700-800 lbs	345.00-374.00	500-600 lbs	360.00-395.00
800-900 lbs	333.00-360.00	600-700 lbs	330.00-367.50
900-1000 lbs	311.00-337.00	700-800 lbs	321.00-342.00

Hub City Livestock

6,042 Aberdeen, SD

Wednesday

Feeder Steers - Medium & Large #1		Feeder Heifers - Medium & Large #1
500-600 lbs	430.00-491.00	500-600 lbs	328.00-535.00
600-700 lbs	385.00-435.00	600-700 lbs	343.00
700-800 lbs	368.50-381.00	700-800 lbs	333.50-342.00
800-900 lbs	352.00-366.00	800-900 lbs	315.00-342.50
900-1000 lbs	343.25-347.50	900-1000 lbs	305.50-330.50

Torrington Livestock

4,701 Torrington, WY

Wednesday

Feeder Steers - Medium & Large #1		Feeder Heifers - Medium & Large #1
300-400 lbs	555.00-677.00	400-500 lbs	455.00-513.00
400-500 lbs	486.00-560.00	500-600 lbs	408.00-428.00
500-600 lbs	424.00-488.00	600-700 lbs	341.00-360.00
600-700 lbs	395.00-428.00	700-800 lbs	340.00-358.00
700-800 lbs	352.00	800-900 lbs	324.00-346.00

CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE LIVESTOCK FUTURES SETTLEMENT

Thursday

Live Cattle		Change	Feeder Cattle		Change
Oct	227.275	0.100 ▼	Oct	351.100	0.325 ▼
Dec	226.300	1.025 ▼	Nov	346.475	0.275 ▼
Feb	229.475	1.025 ▼	Jan	341.950	0.150 ▼

CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE GRAIN FUTURES SETTLEMENTS

Thursday

Corn		Change	Soy Beans		Change
Dec	4.5125	0.0050 ▼	Nov	12.1975	0.0475 ▼
Mar	4.6475	0.0025 ▼	Jan	12.3475	0.0325 ▼
May	4.7300	0.0025 ▲	Mar	12.4350	0.0250 ▼

KANSAS CITY BOARD OF TRADE

Thursday

Wheat		Change
Dec	6.4525	0.0225 ▲
Mar	6.5475	0.0150 ▲
May	6.5975	0.0125 ▲

ESTIMATED DAILY CATTLE SLAUGHTER

Thursday	109,000	Wednesday
Week Ago (est)	103,000	Steer & Heifer: 88,000
Year Ago (act)	115,000	Cow & Bull: 21,000
Wk To Date (est)	434,000
Last Week (est)	430,000
Last Year (est)	457,000

_{Thursday, October 29}

5 AREA WEEKLY ACCUMULATED WEIGHTED AVG CATTLE PRICE

As of 10:00 am	Head Count	Avg Weight	Avg Price
Live Steer	8,640	1,638	224.13
Live Heifer	5,521	1,437	224.06
Dressed Steer	14,278	1,025	352.89
Dressed Heifer	2,816	896	353.03

DAILY ESTIMATED CUTOUT VALUES

600-900#	Choice	Select	*Choice/Select Spread*
Current Cutout Values:	367.28	351.63	15.65
Change from prior day:	-1.72 ▼	-3.62 ▼

DAILY CATTLE SLAUGHTER

Thursday	109,000	Wednesday
Week Ago (est)	103,000	Steer & Heifer: 88,000
Year Ago (act)	114,847	Cow & Bull: 21,000
Wk To Date (est)	434,000
Last Week (est)	430,000
Last Year (est)	456,927

_{Thursday, October 29}

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