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Live Cattle Oct '22 (LEV22)

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Live Cattle Futures Market News and Commentary

Cattle Falling Back on Thursday

Live cattle futures are sliding on Thursday with midday losses of $1.72 to $1.90. Cash trade has been quiet so far this week. The Thursday morning Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed no sales on the 1,026 head offered, with bids of $232-235. Feeder cattle futures are falling $2.12 to $5.60 in the front months. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was up a penny to $358.32 on March 17. 

After last week’s multi year high in beef export sales, USDA reported just 3,207 MT in the week ending on 3/12, the lowest sales total for any week since October 2023. Shipments were 13,571 MT in that week.

Wholesale Boxed Beef prices were lower in the Thursday morning report, with the Chc/Sel spread at $6.74. Choice boxes were down $1.33 to $400.42, while Select was $2.49 lower to $393.68. USDA estimated federally inspected cattle slaughter for Wednesday at 105,000 head, with the week to date total at 308,000 head. That is down 9,000 head from last week and 20,077 head below the same week la... Read more

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    Live cattle futures are sliding on Thursday with midday losses of $1.72 to $1.90. Cash trade has been quiet so far this week. The Thursday morning Fed...

  • Hogs Posting Sharp Losses on Thursday

    Lean hog futures are falling $1.125 to $2.35 so far on Thursday. USDA’s national base hog price was not reported on Thursday morning due to light volume....

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    Live cattle futures saw a pop late on Wednesday to close with 17 to 77 cent gains. Open interest was down 680 contracts, with much of it in the April contract....

  • Hogs Close Mixed on Wednesday

    Lean hog futures saw mixed action on Wednesday, with contracts mostly within a quarter of unchanged. Open interest was down 2,646 contracts on Wednesday....

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