Live Cattle Aug '26 (LEQ26)
Live Cattle Futures Market News and Commentary
Live cattle futures are showing losses of $1.00 to $1.70 at midday. There were no deliveries issued against June futures on Thursday. Open interest was up 2,405 contracts. Cash trade has been quiet this week with a few bids this morning reported at $254. The Friday morning Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed no sales on the 952 head, with no bids.  Feeder cattle futures are trading with $1.30 to $1.50 losses on Friday’s midday. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back up $2.04 on June 10 to $370.10.
JBS announced a planned closure of its Souderton, PA slaughter plant this morning. The plant has a kil capacity of nearly 2,000 head/day.
Wholesale Boxed Beef prices were lower in the Friday AM report, with the Chc/Sel spread at $19.13. Choice boxes were down 10 cents to $393.11, while Select was 73 cents higher at $373.98.  USDA’s federally inspected cattle slaughter on Thursday was estimated at 105,000 head, with the weekly total at 421,000 head. That is down 7,000 from t... Read more
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