Market Activity

Trading was very quiet to start the week.

Cattle slaughter closed out last week at 650,000 head, down 1.07% compared to the week prior and up 0.36% compared to the same week last year. Slaughter if forecast to wind down over the next six weeks, averaging a 0.4% drop week-to-week. While kills are forecast to work lower headed into November, the numbers are still project to run well ahead of last year…