{"author_name":"Brownfield Ag News","author_url":"https://art19.com/shows/brownfield-ag-news/episodes/9884027f-a0da-4186-a18f-4a8c20ff38bf","description":"<ul><li><strong>This week in the markets – </strong>Live cattle ended the week $2.50 higher.&nbsp;Another slow week of feeder cattle auctions due to the holiday, and not enough information is available for a comparable test.&nbsp;February live cattle futures contract closed nearly $2 lower this week as did the January feeder cattle futures contract.&nbsp;The Choice Box Beef price lost $1 this week, it now sets more than $6.50 lower than year-ago levels.&nbsp;Cash barrow and gilt prices rose $.70 this week, while the February lean hog futures contract closed nearly $2 lower.&nbsp;The pork cutout value lost $2 this week, primarily on weakness in bellies.</li><li><strong>Phase One Deal with China – </strong>A date has been signed.&nbsp;But…</li><li><strong>The US – Japan Trade deal has started implementation – </strong>Scott outlines what we can expect to see.</li><li><strong>Next week’s reports:&nbsp;</strong>Monthly Trade Data, WASDE and Jobs Reports come out on Friday</li></ul>","html":"<iframe src=\"https://art19.com/shows/brownfield-ag-news/episodes/9884027f-a0da-4186-a18f-4a8c20ff38bf/embed\" style=\"width: 720px; height: 200px; border: 0 none;\" width=\"720\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"></iframe>","provider_name":"ART19","provider_url":"https://art19.com","title":"Weekly Livestock Market Update 1/3/20","type":"rich","version":"1.0","width":720,"height":200}