Live Cattle Aug '22 (LEQ22)
Live Cattle Futures Market News and Commentary
Live cattle futures were falling on Thursday, with contracts down $1.80 to $2.47 at the close. Cash trade kicked off on Thursday at $247-248 across the country, a $7-8 drop from last week. The Thursday Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed no sales on the 1,356 head, with bids at $245-248. Feeder cattle futures fell back $4.90 to $5.90 on Thursday. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back up $3.70 on July 8 to $374.45.Â
Export Sales data from USDA showed beef sales for 2026 at 13,977 MT for the week ending on 7/2. That was back up from last week after USDA issued a correction to 12,064 MT for the week of 6/25. Shipments were tallied at 14,492 MT, which was back down from last week.Â
Wholesale Boxed Beef prices were mixed in the Thursday afternoon report, with the Chc/Sel spread at $17.32. Choice boxes were down 39 cents at $380.81, with Select 40 cents higher to $363.49. USDA’s federally inspected cattle slaughter for Thursday was estimated at 112,000 head, taking the we... Read more
Barchart · 6 minutes ago
Live cattle futures were falling on Thursday, with contracts down $1.80 to $2.47 at the close. Cash trade kicked off on Thursday at $247-248 across the...
Barchart · 6 minutes ago
Lean hog futures were mixed at the final bell on Thursday, with contracts down $1.50 in August to as much as 30 cents higher in the deferreds. USDA’s...
Swift Trading Company · 1 hour ago
Price erosion continues, with basis remaining wide.
Barchart · Thu Jul 9, 12:06PM CDT
Live cattle futures are falling $1.70 to $2 at midday Cash has been slow early this week with very little action early. The Thursday Fed Cattle Exchange...
Barchart · Thu Jul 9, 12:06PM CDT
Lean hog futures continue to bounce on Thursday, with contracts anywhere from $1.20 lower to 30 cents higher. USDA’s national base hog price was reported...
Barchart · Thu Jul 9, 9:15AM CDT
October lean hog futures present a buying opportunity on more price strength.
Barchart · 10 minutes ago
Corn futures closed the Thursday session with contracts 2 to 4 ¼ cents lower, as nearby July was down 7 cents. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn...
Barchart · 10 minutes ago
Live cattle futures were falling on Thursday, with contracts down $1.80 to $2.47 at the close. Cash trade kicked off on Thursday at $247-248 across the...
Barchart · 10 minutes ago
The wheat complex led the grain complex higher on Thursday, holding with gains across the three exchanges. Chicago SRW contracts posted gains of 4 ¾ to...
Barchart · 10 minutes ago
Soybeans were down 10 to 15 ¼ cents in the front months, with other contracts fractionallt to 8 cents lower. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean...
Barchart · 10 minutes ago
Lean hog futures were mixed at the final bell on Thursday, with contracts down $1.50 in August to as much as 30 cents higher in the deferreds. USDA’s...
Barchart · 10 minutes ago
Cotton futures were down 4 to 24 points across the board at the Thursday close. Crude oil corrected back lower on Thursday despite back and forth strikes...
Barchart · 1 hour ago
Supermicro announced a new partnership with Red Hat.
Barchart · 1 hour ago
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