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Feeder Cattle Pit Sep '14 (FCU14)

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Feeder Cattle (Pit) Futures Market News and Commentary

Cattle Higher at Midday

Live cattle futures are trading with 47 cents to $1.075 at midday. Cash trade started slow last week, but got kicked off on Friday, with sales of $183 in the South, up $2-3 on the week, with northern sales improving $2-3 to $184-185. Feeder cattle futures are up 45 to 80 cents across most contracts, with September down 30 cents. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back down $1.16 at $243.26 on September 19. The weekly OKC feeder cattle auction showed 7,000 head of calves estimated for today’s sale, up from last week but down from the same week last year. Early demand has been listed as moderate.

The monthly Cattle on Feed report showed August placements down 1.4% from a year ago at 1.975 million head, in line with estimates. August marketings were also near the average trade guess at 1.818 million head, a 3.55% drop from last year. September 1 on feed inventory was up 0.64%at 11.198 million head. 

USDA wholesale Boxed Beef prices were higher in the Monday AM report. Choice b... Read more

Contract Specifications

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Contract
Feeder Cattle [Pit]
Contract Size
50,000 pounds
Tick Size
0.00025 per pound ($12.50 per contract)
Trading Hours
8:30a.m. - 1:02p.m. CST
Exchange
CME
Point Value
$500
Margin/Maintenance
$2,475/2,250
First Notice Date
09/25/14
Expiration Date
09/25/14 (expired)

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Feeder Cattle Pit Sep '14
Average Price Chart for 5 Prior Pit Contracts
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Price Performance

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Period Period Low Period High Performance
1-Month
213.100 +8.34%
on 08/27/14
231.075 -0.09%
on 09/24/14
+17.600 (+8.25%)
since 08/25/14
3-Month
208.650 +10.65%
on 08/21/14
231.075 -0.09%
on 09/24/14
+16.975 (+7.94%)
since 06/25/14

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Key Turning Points

3rd Resistance Point N/A
2nd Resistance Point 230.958
1st Resistance Point 230.917
Last Price 230.875s
1st Support Level 230.817
2nd Support Level 230.758
3rd Support Level N/A

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52-Week High 231.075
Last Price 230.875s
Fibonacci 61.8% 205.309
Fibonacci 50% 197.350
Fibonacci 38.2% 189.391
52-Week Low 163.625

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