Market Activity

Trading was quiet to start the week with little action reported. 

Cattle Slaughter Outlook

Cattle kills finished the week at 605,000 head, up 2.7% compared to the same week in 2017. Slaughter is forecast to pick up in the coming weeks, averaging 636.6 thousand head, per week, over the next six weeks. That head per week increase is a 5.4% jump relative to the average of…