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Feeder Cattle Nov '17 (GFX17)

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Feeder Cattle Futures Market News and Commentary

Cattle Closes Mixed, CoF Data Seen as Bull Friendly

Live cattle closed the Friday session with most contracts steady 30 cents higher ahead of the Cattle on Feed report. A few 2025 contracts were down a nickel.  Cash action picked up in Friday, with some $183 live and $292 dressed action reported in the North, down $1 from last week. Southern trade was steady, at $182. Feeders were weaker heading into the weekend, with contracts down 27 to 87 cents. The CME Feeder Cattle index was down 62 cents on April 18 to $241.73. 

USDA’s Cattle on Feed report showed 1.746 million head placed during March, down 12.35% from a year ago, and below the average trade guess of down 7%. March marketings were down 13.71% at 1.706 million head, vs. trade estimates to be 11.9% lower.  April 1 on feed inventory was up 1.49% at 11.821 million head, below the trade’s expected 2.1% incline from last year. 

Specs in live cattle futures and options trimmed another 4,675 contracts from their net long as of April 16 to 32,301 contracts. In feeders, they... Read more

Contract Specifications

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Contract
Feeder Cattle
Contract Size
50,000 pounds
Tick Size
0.00025 per pound ($12.50 per contract)
Trading Hours
8:30a.m. - 1:05p.m. (Settles 1:00p.m.) CST
Exchange
CME
Point Value
$500
Margin/Maintenance
$4,537/4,125
First Notice Date
11/16/17
Expiration Date
11/16/17 (expired)

Seasonal Chart

Feeder Cattle Nov '17
Average Price Chart for 5 Prior Nov Contracts

Commitment of Traders Positions as of Apr 16, 2024

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Commercials - Long / Short
15,614 (+328)
9,828 (-573)
Non-Commercials - Long / Short
13,756 (+106)
15,176 (+1,297)
Producers - Long / Short
11,361 (+264)
8,093 (-462)
Swap Dealers - Long / Short
2,891 (+134)
373 (-41)
Managed Money - Long / Short
10,468 (-661)
6,287 (+1,177)
Other Reportables - Long / Short
3,288 (+767)
8,889 (+120)
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Price Performance

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Period Period Low Period High Performance
1-Month
150.000 +5.18%
on 10/23/17
161.500 -2.31%
on 11/03/17
+3.225 (+2.09%)
since 10/16/17
3-Month
139.125 +13.41%
on 08/18/17
161.500 -2.31%
on 11/03/17
+14.925 (+10.45%)
since 08/16/17

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Key Turning Points

3rd Resistance Point N/A
2nd Resistance Point 158.108
1st Resistance Point 157.942
Last Price 157.775s
1st Support Level 157.592
2nd Support Level 157.408
3rd Support Level N/A

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52-Week High 161.500
Last Price 157.775s
Fibonacci 61.8% 143.995
Fibonacci 50% 138.587
Fibonacci 38.2% 133.180
52-Week Low 115.675

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