Live Cattle Aug '25 (LEQ25)
Live Cattle Futures Market News and Commentary
Live cattle futures are showing contracts within 20 cents of unchanged at Thursday’s midday. Cash trade saw some light trade at $246 in the South, steady to up $1 from last week. The Thursday morning Central Stockyards Fed Cattle Exchange online auction saw $244-244.50 bids, though no sales on the 970 head offered. Feeder cattle futures are showing slight 50 to 85 cent gains at midday. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back down 4 cents to $364.55 on April 7.Â
USDA’s Export Sales report showed 17,408 MT of beef sold in the week of 4/2, the third largest so far in the calendar year. Shipments were the lowest in 4 week at 13,321 MT.
Wholesale Boxed Beef prices bounced higher in the Thursday morning report, with the Chc/Sel still at an inverted 50 cents. Choice boxes were up $2.71 to $382.37, while Select was 60 cents higher at $382.87. USDA estimated federally inspected cattle slaughter for Wednesday at 109,000 head, with the weekly total at 320,000. That was down 4,000 head... Read more
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Lean hog futures are up a quarter in soon to expire April, with other contracts steady to a dime lower. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at...
Barchart Thu Apr 9, 11:43AM CDT
Live cattle futures are showing contracts within 20 cents of unchanged at Thursday’s midday. Cash trade saw some light trade at $246 in the South, steady...
Barchart Thu Apr 9, 7:24AM CDT
Lean hog futures were weaker on Wednesday, as contracts closed with losses of a dime in some deferreds to $2.40 in June. USDA’s national base hog price...
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Live cattle futures saw gains of a nickel in August to $1.30 in some deferred contracts on Wednesday. Open interest was down 3,079 contracts. Cash trade...
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Lean hog futures were weaker on Wednesday, as contracts closed with losses of a dime in some deferreds to $2.40 in June. USDA’s national base hog price...
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