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Live Cattle Apr '24 (LEJ24)

185.000s -0.400 (-0.22%) 04/30/24 [CME]
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Quote Overview for Tue, Apr 30th, 2024
Day Low
185.000
Day High
186.000
Open 186.000
Previous Close 185.400 185.400
Volume 91 91
Open Interest 91 91
Stochastic %K 95.04% 95.04%
Weighted Alpha +3.94 +3.94
5-Day Change +1.650 (+0.90%) +1.650 (+0.90%)
52-Week Range 165.400 - 199.825 165.400 - 199.825
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Live Cattle Futures Market News and Commentary

Cattle Collapse on Friday, with Feeders Down the Limit

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 of $10.75 on Monday. There were no deliveries issued for August live cattle on Friday, with the oldest long still dated December 11. Cash trade was light this week with $245 northern action reported, steady to $2 lower wk/wk. The South was listed at $235, steady. The Friday morning Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed BidTheGrid™ sales of $240.50-245 on 220 of the 600 head offered. ‘

Feeder cattle futures posted limit losses nearly across the board on Friday, likely ignited by some profit taking ahead of the weekend and extending to the limit into the close. August was still $4.82 higher this week. Limits will be expanded to $13.75 on Monday. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was up another 24 cents to $337.21 on August 7.

CFTC data showed a total of 2,944 contracts were tri... Read more

Contract Specifications

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Contract
Live Cattle
Contract Size
40,000 pounds
Tick Size
0.00025 per pound ($10.00 per contract)
Trading Hours
8:30a.m. - 1:05p.m. (Settles 1:00p.m.) CST
Exchange
CME
Point Value
$400
Margin/Maintenance
$3,190/2,900
First Notice Date
04/08/24
Expiration Date
04/30/24 (expired)

Seasonal Chart

Live Cattle Apr '24
Average Price Chart for 5 Prior Apr Contracts

Commitment of Traders Positions as of Aug 5, 2025

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Commercials - Long / Short
111,147 (-2,983)
194,876 (-3,239)
Non-Commercials - Long / Short
185,524 (-12,626)
79,149 (-12,371)
Producers - Long / Short
55,550 (-3,191)
188,428 (-1,407)
Swap Dealers - Long / Short
53,510 (-389)
4,361 (-2,429)
Managed Money - Long / Short
153,399 (-4,774)
31,932 (-1,295)
Other Reportables - Long / Short
32,125 (-7,852)
47,217 (-11,076)
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Price Performance

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Period Period Low Period High Performance
1-Month
176.500 +4.82%
on 04/12/24
Period Open: 185.000
186.000 -0.54%
on 04/30/24
unch (unch)
since 03/28/24
3-Month
176.500 +4.82%
on 04/12/24
Period Open: 181.750
190.275 -2.77%
on 03/14/24
+3.250 (+1.79%)
since 01/30/24
52-Week
165.400 +11.85%
on 12/06/23
Period Open: 178.700
199.825 -7.42%
on 09/15/23
+6.300 (+3.53%)
since 04/28/23

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Barchart Trading Guide

The Barchart Trading Guide is a Buy Signal with a Average Signal Strength.

Key Turning Points

3rd Resistance Point 186.667
2nd Resistance Point 186.333
1st Resistance Point 185.667
Last Price 185.000s
1st Support Level 184.667
2nd Support Level 184.333
3rd Support Level 183.667

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52-Week High 199.825
Fibonacci 61.8% 186.675
Last Price 185.000s
Fibonacci 50% 182.612
Fibonacci 38.2% 178.550
52-Week Low 165.400

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