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4/3/26 1:47PM CDT US Direct Feeder Pigs

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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