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Live Cattle Jun '17 (LEM17)

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Live Cattle Futures Market News and Commentary

Cattle Rallying Ahead of Cattle on Feed Report

Live cattle futures are showing $2.17 to $2.70 gains on Friday. Cash trade got kicked off on Thursday, with a few sales at $228 across the country and $356-358. The Friday Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed no sales on the 1,708 head listed and bids of $227-228. Feeder cattle futures are up $5.10 to $6.10 so far on Friday. The CME feeder cattle index from December 17 was up 26 cents from the day prior at $350.05.

The December Cattle on Feed report will be released this afternoon, with traders looking for November placements to be down 8% from last year and marketings with a 11.3% drop. December 1 on feed is expected to be 1.6% below last year.

USDA Wholesale Boxed Beef prices were mixed in the Friday morning report, with the Chc/Sel spread widening to $13.35. Choice boxes were up $3.61 to $360.89, while Select was $3.57 lower at $347.54. USDA federally inspected cattle slaughter was estimated at 123,000 head on Thursday, with the weekly total at 472,000 head. That... Read more

  • Cattle Rallying Ahead of Cattle on Feed Report

    Live cattle futures are showing $2.17 to $2.70 gains on Friday. Cash trade got kicked off on Thursday, with a few sales at $228 across the country and...

  • Hogs Trading Firm on Friday

    Lean hog futures are up 15 to 45 cent gains so far on Friday. USDA’s national base hog price was not reported on Friday morning due to thin volume. The...

  • Cattle Look to Square Up Ahead of USDA Report

    Live cattle futures were down 97 cents to $1.90 on Thursday. Preliminary open interest was up 1,151 contracts. There were 20 deliveries retendered at 1...

  • Hogs Look to Close Out the Week

    Lean hog futures closed with Thursday gains of 95 cents to $1.12. Preliminary open interest was up just 1,023 contracts on Thursday. USDA’s national...

  • Hogs Post Gains on Thursday

    Lean hog futures closed with Thursday gains of 95 cents to $1.12. USDA’s national base hog price was down $1.06 in the Thursday afternoon report at $68.65....

  • Cattle Fall Back on Thursday Ahead of Friday’s USDA Report

    Live cattle futures were down 97 cents to $1.90 on Thursday. There were 20 deliveries retendered at 1 cent on Thursday. Cash trade got kicked off on Thursday,...

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