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Here, Jim takes a brief departure from his usual route, and chews some cud for a looksee
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Live cattle futures fell $5.70 to $6.25 across the front months on Friday, with August holding onto $2.42 gains this week. Due to the limit losses in the feeders, live cattle will have expanded limits...
Lean hog futures rounded out the Friday session with contracts mixed, as August was down 12 cents, with other contracts up a tick to 25 cents. October was 62 cents higher on the week. USDA’s national...
Oliver Sloup and Marlin Bohling break down the end of the week’s commodities market as they digest: Grain and livestock markets were mostly higher on Thursday but that quickly turned on Friday. Grains...
Feeder cattle closed limit down to 340.375, down -9.25 in the September contract. Live cattle were -6.27 1/2 lower to 225.950 in the October contract. Cattle Update and Options Trades for Next Week.
In my opinion, the increase of volatility, and further price expanse, may have produced a point in which production schemes of paying inflated retail for incoming feeder cattle, with only a discounted...
Lean hog futures closed out the Thursday session with contracts down a dime to $1.05. Preliminary open interest was up 2,799 contracts on Thursday USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $111.22...
Live cattle futures rallied another $2.45 to $2.90 across most nearby contracts on Thursday, showing gains in the front months for each of the 4 days this week. Preliminary open interest was down 189 contracts,...
Live cattle futures posted $2.45 t $2.90 gains across most contracts on Thursday. There were no deliveries issued for August live cattle on Wednesday. Cash trade has yet to kick off this week outside of...
Lean hog futures ended the Thursday session with contracts down a dime to $1.05. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $111.22 on Thursday afternoon, slipping $2.55 from the day prior. The CME...
Huge gains in Cattle prices are just barely keeping up with inflation, can they outpace it?
The squeeze tightened further for which some are able to manage risk in a poor positive basis in fats, while paying premium for feeders, some are trying to just keep up with this production scheme, and...
Live cattle futures are trading with contracts $1.52 to $1.90 higher across the nearbys at midday. There were no deliveries issued for August live cattle on Wednesday. Cash trade has been quiet this week...
Lean hog futures are down a tick to $1.20 across the nearby contracts on Thursday’s midday. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $107.48 on Thursday morning, falling $6.87 from the day prior....
