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Live Cattle Pit Feb '23 (LCG23)
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Live Cattle (Pit) Futures Market News and Commentary

Cattle Settle Mixed on Friday

Live cattle futures bounced into the weekend, though feeder futures stayed under pressure from the grain rally. At the bell the front month fats were 40 to 85 cents higher, with left April at a 67 cent gain for the week. April feeders stayed 15 cents higher for the week, but closed 20 cents lower on Friday. The week’s cash cattle trade was heaviest on Wednesday from $162 to $166, with the bulk of action near $163 in the South and $165 in the WCB. CME’s 3/23 Feeder Cattle Index was up by $1.07 to $188.85. 

Weekly Commitment of Traders data showed a massive long liquidation from the live cattle spec traders during the week that ended 3/21. That reduced their net long by 28.8k contracts (the largest single week bear move on record) to 63,749. Feeder cattle spec traders were 7,141 contracts net long as of 3/21. That was a 3,227 contract weaker net long for the week. 

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