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Feeder Cattle Pit Jan '25 (FCF25)

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Feeder Cattle (Pit) Futures Market News and Commentary

Cattle Pulling Off Early Lows on Wednesday

Live cattle futures started Wednesday with losses, but is slowly pulling off to post midday losses of just 17 to 85 cents. Cash trade started to creep in this week at $255 this week, with $256 bids reported this morning. The Wednesday Fed Cattle Exchange showed sales of $257 on 70 of the 1,256 head offered, with other bids of $250-254. Feeder cattle futures are down $2 to $2.60 in the nearby contracts, after facing early sharp losses. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was down $2.88 on June 1 to $364.26. 

The Tuesday APHIS update on the New World Screwworm showed a total of 1,981 active cases of in Mexico as of Monday. There were 181 active cases in the bordering state of Tamaulipas (15 within a range of 74-98 miles of the US border), 96 active in Nuevo Leon (28 within a range of 52-98 miles of the US border), and 31 in Coahuila (18 within 25-97 miles of the US border).

Wholesale Boxed Beef prices were mixed in the Tuesday afternoon report, with the Chc/Sel spread at $11.59. C... 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
Expiration Date
03/25/24 (expired)

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Feeder Cattle Pit Jan '25
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Price Performance

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Period Period Low Period High Performance
1-Month
260.525 unch
on 03/25/24
268.475 -2.96%
on 03/13/24
-6.025 (-2.26%)
since 02/23/24

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GFV26 : 335.900s (-1.71%)
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Pure Hedge - Livestock and Grain

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Shootin' the Bull about it could be worse.

A softer close, but could have been a lot worse considering the low of the day.

Key Turning Points

3rd Resistance Point 260.525
2nd Resistance Point 260.525
1st Resistance Point 260.525
Last Price 260.525s
1st Support Level 260.525
2nd Support Level 260.525
3rd Support Level 260.525

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52-Week High 271.600
Fibonacci 61.8% 267.369
Fibonacci 50% 266.063
Fibonacci 38.2% 264.756
Last Price 260.525s
52-Week Low 260.525

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