Sep 18
Boxed beef continued its slide on Thursday, September 18, 2025, marking the 11th straight daily decline. Choice closed at $385.81, down $2.37 from Wednesday, and has now fallen $30.20 over that stretch. Select finished at $361.31, off $5.06 from the prior day, widening the Choice/Select spread to $24.50. Comparing Thursday to Wednesday’s trade, total loads …
Sep 18
RON’s Dave Lanning has a pre-opening look at today’s agricultural Markets. Click the audio tab below for today’s report.
Sep 17
On Wednesday, September 17th, Choice boxed beef slipped to $388.18, down $4.44 from Tuesday, while Select dropped to $366.37, off $6.80. The Choice/Select spread widened to $21.81 compared to $19.45 the previous day. Total loads moved were 142, down from 166 on Tuesday. Most primals traded weaker than the day before. Ribs eased to $632.12 …
Sep 17
RON’s Dave Lanning has a pre-opening look at today’s agricultural Markets. Click the audio tab below for today’s report.
Sep 16
Compared to last week: Steer calves 5.00-10.00 lower. Heifers calves 10.00-15.00 lower. Quality mostly plain. Today’s offering consisted mostly of unweaned calves, and those that were weaned had full condition. Calves with the description Value-Added were unweaned and fancy. Unweaned heifer calves drew little demand today, selling at a sharp discount compared to other classes …
