DTN Market News
4/3/26 1:47PM CDT US Direct Feeder Pigs
Friday, April 3, 2026 1:47PM CDT
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4/3/26 1:40PM CDT DTN Cattle Prices/Trends
Friday, April 3, 2026 1:40PM CDT
DTN CATTLE PRICES/TRENDS 04/03 13:40
HEAD SOLD LIVE STEERS DRESSED LIVE HEIFERS DRESSED
KANSAS . *246.00(BID) . *246.00(BID) .
NEBRASKA . . *385.00(BID) . *385.00(BID)
TEXAS 400 246.00 . 246.00 .
COLORADO . . . . .
IOWA . . . . .
*=PRIVATE SOURCES
DTN COMMENTS: A few sales are being reported in parts of Texas this
afternoon at $246, $9 higher than last week's weighted averages. There
are still some bids on the table in parts of Kansas and Nebraska, but
they continue to be passed. While we may see a little more trade, it
looks like the bulk of business is essentially completed for the week.
Yesterday light business was reported, with Southern live deals marked at
$245 to $246, $8 to $9 higher than last week's weighted averages.
Northern dressed trade was marked at mostly $385, $13 higher than last
week's weighted averages.
Today's slaughter totaled 96,000 head, 4,000 higher than last week, but
13,000 less than a year ago. Saturday's kill is estimated at 8,000 head,
bringing the weekly total to 533,000 head, 10,000 greater than the prior
week, but 53,000 below 2025. Cattle futures are not available due to the
Good Friday holiday. Beef cutouts are expected to close mixed with light
to moderate box movement.
DAILY DIRECT SLAUGHTER CATTLE-NEGOTIATED PURCHASES-SUMMARY
**Summary includes trade from 1:30 PM the previous day through 9:30 AM
today.**
KANSAS CONFIRMED CASH SALES: 5,069 WEEK TO DATE: 5,069
STEERS - LIVE - FOB STEERS - DRESSED - DELIVERED
245.40 80+ 245.00-246.00 540 No reportable trade
245.73 65-80 245.00-246.00 734
246.00 35-65 246.00-246.00 256
245.66 total 245.00-246.00 1,530
STEERS - LIVE - DELIVERED STEERS - DRESSED - FOB
No reportable trade No reportable trade
HEIFERS - LIVE - FOB HEIFERS - DRESSED - DELIVERED
245.73 80+ 245.00-246.00 1,046 No reportable trade
245.68 65-80 245.00-246.00 535
246.00 35-65 246.00-246.00 101
245.73 total 245.00-246.00 1,682
HEIFERS - LIVE - DELIVERED HEIFERS - DRESSED - FOB
No reportable trade No reportable trade
NEBRASKA CONFIRMED CASH SALES: 21,640 WEEK TO DATE: 21,640
STEERS - LIVE - FOB STEERS - DRESSED - DELIVERED
245.14 80+ 245.00-246.50 5,487 384.88 80+ 380.00-385.00 5,521
245.00 65-80 245.00-245.00 135 385.00 65-80 385.00-385.00 245
380.00 35-65 380.00-380.00 75
245.13 total 245.00-246.50 5,622 384.82 total 380.00-385.00 5,841
STEERS - LIVE - DELIVERED STEERS - DRESSED - FOB
No reportable trade 385.41 80+ 385.00-386.00 415
385.41 total 385.00-386.00 415
HEIFERS - LIVE - FOB HEIFERS - DRESSED - DELIVERED
245.41 80+ 245.00-246.50 3,985 385.00 80+ 385.00-385.00 2,007
385.00 65-80 385.00-385.00 262
245.41 total 245.00-246.50 3,985 385.00 total 385.00-385.00 2,269
HEIFERS - LIVE - DELIVERED HEIFERS - DRESSED - FOB
245.00 80+ 245.00-245.00 36 386.00 80+ 386.00-386.00 150
245.00 total 245.00-245.00 36 386.00 total 386.00-386.00 150
TEXAS CONFIRMED CASH SALES: 2,080 WEEK TO DATE: 2,080
STEERS - LIVE - FOB STEERS - DRESSED - DELIVERED
245.00 80+ 245.00-245.00 397 386.62 65-80 384.00-389.00 181
245.00 65-80 245.00-245.00 221 389.00 35-65 389.00-389.00 68
244.00 35-65 244.00-244.00 76
244.89 total 244.00-245.00 694 387.27 total 384.00-389.00 249
STEERS - LIVE - DELIVERED STEERS - DRESSED - FOB
No reportable trade No reportable trade
HEIFERS - LIVE - FOB HEIFERS - DRESSED - DELIVERED
245.00 80+ 245.00-245.00 276 No reportable trade
245.00 65-80 245.00-245.00 250
245.00 total 245.00-245.00 526
HEIFERS - LIVE - DELIVERED HEIFERS - DRESSED - FOB
No reportable trade 389.00 65-80 389.00-389.00 103
389.00 total 389.00-389.00 103
IOWA CONFIRMED CASH SALES: 27,245 WEEK TO DATE: 27,639
STEERS - LIVE - FOB STEERS - DRESSED - DELIVERED
244.62 80+ 240.00-246.00 11,320 384.13 80+ 380.00-385.00 3,300
246.00 65-80 246.00-246.00 119
244.63 total 240.00-246.00 11,439 384.13 total 380.00-385.00 3,300
STEERS - LIVE - DELIVERED STEERS - DRESSED - FOB
246.75 80+ 244.00-248.00 1,927 381.95 80+ 380.00-384.00 176
246.75 total 244.00-248.00 1,927 381.95 total 380.00-384.00 176
HEIFERS - LIVE - FOB HEIFERS - DRESSED - DELIVERED
244.42 80+ 242.00-245.00 6,473 383.00 80+ 380.00-385.00 680
244.42 total 242.00-245.00 6,473 383.00 total 380.00-385.00 680
HEIFERS - LIVE - DELIVERED HEIFERS - DRESSED - FOB
246.15 80+ 244.00-247.00 300 384.00 80+ 384.00-384.00 38
246.15 total 244.00-247.00 300 384.00 total 384.00-384.00 38
NOTE: Feedlots are encouraged to call DTN with any cattle sales, at
1-402-461-3561. All sales will be listed anonymously and organized by
state. All live sales are FOB and set for 1-9-day delivery. A weekly
summary from this data will be posted on the Weekly Cattle Sales Reported
to DTN page and will be left up for the entire week for reference
purposes.
4/2/26 4:43PM CDT DTN Chart Technical Points
Thursday, April 2, 2026 4:43PM CDT
DTN Chart Technical Points 04/02 16:30
DTN FUTURES 10 4/02/26 SLOW STOCHASTIC
PRICES ARE DECIMAL MOVING AVERAGES RSI'S 5 Day 20 Day
CONTRACT CLOSE 4-Day 9-Day 18-Day 45-Day 9Day 14Day 30Day %K %D %K %D
CBTWT MAY 598.25 604.75 600.50 599.83 576.97 50.14 53.07 55.19 42 61 50 49
CBTWT JUL 609.50 615.88 611.78 611.10 586.96 50.39 53.49 55.63 41 61 52 52
KC WT MAY 615.75 622.81 619.53 618.01 586.79 50.56 53.85 56.23 39 57 68 70
KC WT JUL 631.00 637.19 634.28 632.53 600.43 51.14 54.41 56.75 39 56 70 73
MN WT MAY 6.47 6.50 6.44 6.40 6.14 56.81 58.44 58.96 50 68 67 65
MN WT JUL 6.61 6.64 6.58 6.53 6.28 56.88 58.66 59.28 55 72 72 70
CORN MAY 452.25 455.00 459.81 460.39 449.09 41.31 46.70 50.40 25 24 42 57
CORN JUL 463.25 466.00 470.69 471.42 458.29 40.99 47.17 51.38 24 23 43 58
CORN SEP 467.00 468.69 473.22 473.83 459.55 42.64 48.91 53.28 25 24 47 62
OATS MAY 345.50 349.44 342.64 353.29 332.06 49.25 51.88 54.06 58 68 45 42
OATS JUL 349.75 353.50 345.44 353.74 334.68 51.76 53.70 55.09 66 75 51 43
BEANS MAY1163.501165.691165.111175.441156.09 46.36 49.32 53.51 56 50 20 21
BEANS JUL1180.001181.381180.941190.181169.54 47.39 50.24 54.31 55 47 22 23
BEANS AUG1175.251177.561175.971181.441160.36 49.11 51.70 55.23 57 52 33 33
S MEAL MAY 315.20 316.17 318.99 319.43 313.53 44.56 48.00 50.92 37 28 30 38
S MEAL JUL 313.20 314.30 316.73 318.25 315.42 42.37 45.63 48.88 37 28 23 33
B OIL MAY 68.94 68.35 67.47 66.74 62.29 65.06 66.07 67.16 64 67 75 72
B OIL JUL 68.74 68.32 67.40 66.56 62.29 65.28 66.31 67.30 64 69 78 75
CATTLE APR 246.20 243.21 239.06 235.97 237.39 79.11 69.82 59.91 97 93 95 79
CATTLE JUN 246.33 243.54 238.98 235.12 234.70 80.99 72.55 62.75 97 94 96 90
FEEDER APR 372.90 369.02 361.43 354.96 358.63 76.88 68.26 59.85 94 90 94 80
FEEDER MAY 370.63 366.61 358.57 351.57 354.93 77.72 69.02 60.28 93 90 94 81
HOGS APR 90.35 90.54 90.72 92.22 94.06 28.90 33.76 43.22 32 24 4 4
HOGS MAY 96.00 96.61 96.20 97.34 98.66 37.45 40.03 46.41 39 53 28 22
COTTON MAY 70.92 70.47 69.30 68.10 65.91 79.95 75.03 66.34 76 76 89 86
COTTON JUL 73.05 72.64 71.46 70.15 67.77 80.55 76.42 68.32 75 76 89 87
RICE MAY 11.23 11.30 11.13 11.21 11.11 54.20 53.92 52.51 71 75 75 68
RICE JUL 11.58 11.67 11.49 11.56 11.44 53.89 54.09 53.02 76 82 79 71
