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Live Cattle Aug '18 (LEQ18)

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Live Cattle Futures Market News and Commentary

Cattle Reverting Lower on Wednesday

Live cattle futures are trading with slight nickel to 45 cent lower action. Cash trade has yet to kick off this week. This morning’s Central Stockyards online Fed Cattle Exchange auction showed no sales on the 1,354 head listed, with bids of $178 to $179 and asks of $183-184.  Feeder cattle futures are down 42 to 95 cents at midday. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back up 76 cents at $243.44 on September 16. 

Friday’s Cattle on Feed report is expected to show August placements down 1% from a year ago, with August marketings dropping 3.4% according to a Reuters survey of analysts. September 1 on feed estimates are running up 0.9% from 2023.

USDA wholesale Boxed Beef prices lower in the Wednesday morning report. Choice boxes were down another 36 cents at $303.55, with Select 61 cents lower @ $291.61. The Chc/Select spread widened to $11.94. USDA estimated Tuesday’s federally inspected cattle slaughter at 125,000 head, taking the weekly total to 246,000 head. That is 8,000... 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
$2,695/2,450
First Notice Date
08/06/18
Expiration Date
08/31/18 (expired)

Seasonal Chart

Live Cattle Aug '18
Average Price Chart for 5 Prior Aug Contracts

Commitment of Traders Positions as of Sep 10, 2024

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Commercials - Long / Short
106,570 (-2,813)
127,710 (-43)
Non-Commercials - Long / Short
96,103 (+968)
63,054 (-1,752)
Producers - Long / Short
41,614 (-1,494)
122,501 (-200)
Swap Dealers - Long / Short
61,827 (-1,474)
2,080 (+2)
Managed Money - Long / Short
64,658 (+1,056)
20,336 (-603)
Other Reportables - Long / Short
31,445 (-88)
42,718 (-1,149)
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Price Performance

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Period Period Low Period High Performance
1-Month
105.700 +1.04%
on 08/27/18
111.100 -3.87%
on 08/06/18
-0.875 (-0.81%)
since 07/31/18
3-Month
100.400 +6.37%
on 06/15/18
111.100 -3.87%
on 08/06/18
+2.850 (+2.74%)
since 05/31/18
52-Week
97.625 +9.40%
on 04/04/18
117.925 -9.43%
on 11/07/17
-0.200 (-0.19%)
since 08/28/17

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LEV24 : 178.300s (-0.28%)
LEZ24 : 179.850s (unch)
LEG25 : 181.075s (+0.04%)
GFU24 : 242.825s (-0.20%)
GFV24 : 239.950s (-0.33%)
GFX24 : 238.125s (-0.07%)

Key Turning Points

3rd Resistance Point N/A
2nd Resistance Point 111.033
1st Resistance Point 108.917
Last Price 106.800s
1st Support Level 105.742
2nd Support Level 104.683
3rd Support Level N/A

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52-Week High 117.925
Fibonacci 61.8% 110.170
Fibonacci 50% 107.775
Last Price 106.800s
Fibonacci 38.2% 105.380
52-Week Low 97.625

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