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Live Cattle Dec '24 (LEZ24)

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Live Cattle Futures Market News and Commentary

Cattle Rally on Thursday

Live cattle futures were up 35 cents to $1.67 across the board, led by the nearbys.  Cash trade has yet to kick off this week. This morning’s Central Stockyards online Fed Cattle Exchange auction showed no sales on the 1,354 head listed, with bids of $178.5 to $181 and asks of $183-184. Bids outside of that were $182 in the North. Feeder cattle futures were $2.10 to $3.82 higher across the board on Thursday. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back up 1.03 at $244.42 on September 18. 

Beef export sales totaled 15,533 MT in the week that ended on September 12. That was back up 36.12% from the week prior. South Korea was the buyer of 3,700 MT, with 3,000 MT sold to China. Shipments totaled a 12-week high at 16,417 MT. The largest destination was 4,400 MT, with 3,800 MT headed to Japan.

Friday’s Cattle on Feed report is expected to show August placements down 1% from a year ago, with August marketings dropping 3.4% according to a Reuters survey of analysts. September 1 on feed... Read more

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