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Live Cattle Apr '13 (LEJ13)

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Live Cattle Futures Market News and Commentary

Cattle Rallying on Thursday

Live cattle futures are up $1.40 to $1.50 across the front months. 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 have been $182 in the North. Feeder cattle futures are $2.00 to $3.30 higher in the nearbys on Thursday. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back down a nickel at $243.39 on September 17. 

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 estimates... Read more

Contract Specifications

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Contract
Live Cattle
Contract Size
40,000 pounds
Tick Size
0.00025 per pound ($10.00 per contract)
Trading Hours
8:30a.m. - 1:05p.m. (Settles 1:00p.m.) CST
Exchange
CME
Point Value
$400
Margin/Maintenance
$2,695/2,450
First Notice Date
04/08/13
Expiration Date
04/30/13 (expired)

Seasonal Chart

Live Cattle Apr '13
Average Price Chart for 5 Prior Apr Contracts

Commitment of Traders Positions as of Sep 10, 2024

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Commercials - Long / Short
106,570 (-2,813)
127,710 (-43)
Non-Commercials - Long / Short
96,103 (+968)
63,054 (-1,752)
Producers - Long / Short
41,614 (-1,494)
122,501 (-200)
Swap Dealers - Long / Short
61,827 (-1,474)
2,080 (+2)
Managed Money - Long / Short
64,658 (+1,056)
20,336 (-603)
Other Reportables - Long / Short
31,445 (-88)
42,718 (-1,149)
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Price Performance

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Period Period Low Period High Performance
1-Month
124.500 +3.13%
on 04/15/13
129.075 -0.52%
on 04/02/13
-0.500 (-0.39%)
since 03/28/13
3-Month
124.500 +3.13%
on 04/15/13
133.550 -3.86%
on 01/31/13
-4.525 (-3.40%)
since 01/30/13
52-Week
124.500 +3.13%
on 04/15/13
138.000 -6.96%
on 12/20/12
+1.200 (+0.94%)
since 04/30/12

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Key Turning Points

3rd Resistance Point N/A
2nd Resistance Point 128.983
1st Resistance Point 128.692
Last Price 128.400s
1st Support Level 127.917
2nd Support Level 127.433
3rd Support Level N/A

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52-Week High 138.000
Fibonacci 61.8% 132.843
Fibonacci 50% 131.250
Fibonacci 38.2% 129.657
Last Price 128.400s
52-Week Low 124.500

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