Market Activity

**Please note, The Jacobsen offices will closed on Monday, Feb 18th. We will resume our normal publication schedule on Tuesday.**

Trading was quiet to close out the week. Attempts to push MBM prices higher this week were met with resistance. Cattle slaughter did take a breather this week, down to 596,000 head. Seasonally the market tends to move higher in March. The Mo. River market has increased relative in March relative to February in…