Live Cattle Feb '20 (LEG20)
Live Cattle Futures Market News and Commentary
Live cattle futures were mixed on Monday, with contracts $1.125 lower to 40 cents higher at the close. Last week’s cash trade was at $246-249 in the South, with some northern action near $249-250. Feeder cattle futures posted 32 cent to $1.75 gains on the session. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was up $7.27 to $373.94 on April 10. The OKC feeder cattle auction from Monday had an estimated 5,000 head for sold, with feeders steady to $5 higher for steers and heifers up $10-15. Calves were steady to $25 higher.
Wholesale Boxed Beef prices were higher in the Monday afternoon report, with the Chc/Sel widening the inversion to $1.72 premium to Select. Choice boxes were up $1.02 to $381.92, while Select was $2.30 higher at $383.64. USDA estimated federally inspected cattle slaughter at 107,000 head for Monday. That was up 9,000 head from last week but 5,513 head below the same week last year. Â
Apr 26 Live Cattle  closed at $250.650, down $1.125,
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Barchart Mon Apr 13, 4:20PM CDT
Live cattle futures were mixed on Monday, with contracts $1.125 lower to 40 cents higher at the close. Last week’s cash trade was at $246-249 in the...
Barchart Mon Apr 13, 4:20PM CDT
Lean hog futures closed the Monday session with front months down a nickel to 67 cents and deferreds 7 to 42 cents higher. USDA’s national base hog price...
Blue Line Futures Mon Apr 13, 3:30PM CDT
It was a choppy start to the week, starting with a firm Sunday night trade that turned to weakness Monday afternoon. Livestock markets saw kk or technical...
Swift Trading Company Mon Apr 13, 3:11PM CDT
There is not much change starting off the week either.
Barchart Mon Apr 13, 12:22PM CDT
Live cattle futures are mixed, with contracts 75 cents lower to 20 cents higher. Cash trade saw trade at $248-249 in the South last week with some northern...
Barchart Mon Apr 13, 4:20PM CDT
Corn futures failed to hold onto the Monday gains, closing with contracts steady to 1 ¼ cents lower and 5-6 cents off the highs. The CmdtyView national...
Barchart Mon Apr 13, 4:20PM CDT
Live cattle futures were mixed on Monday, with contracts $1.125 lower to 40 cents higher at the close. Last week’s cash trade was at $246-249 in the...
Barchart Mon Apr 13, 4:20PM CDT
Soybeans closed Monday with losses of 5 to 13 ¾ cents easing lower into the close. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was down 13 1/2 cents...
Barchart Mon Apr 13, 4:20PM CDT
Cotton extended the gains to Monday, with contracts up 64 to 131 points at the close. The US dollar index was $0.230 lower at $98.420. Crude oil was up...
Barchart Mon Apr 13, 4:20PM CDT
Lean hog futures closed the Monday session with front months down a nickel to 67 cents and deferreds 7 to 42 cents higher. USDA’s national base hog price...
Barchart Mon Apr 13, 4:20PM CDT
The wheat complex posted strength on Monday, with double digit gains across the three exchanges. Chicago SRW futures were 6 to 11 1/4 cents higher at the...
Barchart Mon Apr 13, 3:53PM CDT
Wedbush urges investors to tune out the Anthropic noise and keep buying Palantir, betting on its strong AI moat and solid fundamentals.
Barchart Mon Apr 13, 3:45PM CDT
Netflix will release Q1 earnings this week. NFLX stock is outperforming markets this year and looks like a decent buy at current levels.
