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Live Cattle Apr '24 (LEJ24)
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Live Cattle Futures Market News and Commentary

Strong Friday Rally for Cattle Futures

Live cattle limited the week’s draw down with a triple digit gain of as much as 2% on Friday. Feb fats were up by $3.20 for the day, but still down by $3.40 for the week. There have been no Dec cattle deliveries issued yet, the Friday board rally now has Dec at a ~$1-6 discount to the cash. There were a few $166-$168 sales reported on Friday, but USDA maintained the bulk of sales for the week was near $171. Feeder cattle futures closed up by 2.3% on Friday, flipping the board to a net gain for the weekly move. Jan feeders closed 87 cents above last Friday. The CME Feeder Cattle Index for 12/06 was back down by $1.92 to $222.31. 

CFTC’s weekly Commitment of Traders report had cattle spec traders taking closing longs for an 8.7k weaker net long of 27.7k contracts on 12/5. The spec traders had extended their net short in feeder cattle by 634 contracts to 1,247 via net new selling.

The WAOB left the 2023 beef output at 26.932 billion lbs, in today’s WASDE report, but raised... 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
04/08/24 (119 days)
Expiration Date
04/30/24 (141 days)

Seasonal Chart

Live Cattle Apr '24
Average Price Chart for 5 Prior Apr Contracts

Commitment of Traders Positions as of Dec 5, 2023

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Commercials - Long / Short
106,961 (+1,759)
139,921 (-1,608)
Non-Commercials - Long / Short
70,378 (-8,028)
32,920 (-5,629)
Producers - Long / Short
47,965 (+458)
137,740 (-678)
Swap Dealers - Long / Short
57,544 (+2,101)
729 (-130)
Managed Money - Long / Short
43,707 (-7,283)
16,818 (-1,481)
Other Reportables - Long / Short
26,671 (-745)
16,102 (-4,148)
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Price Performance

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Period Period Low Period High Performance
1-Month
165.400 +2.36%
on 12/06/23
182.250 -7.11%
on 11/09/23
-12.325 (-6.79%)
since 11/08/23
3-Month
165.400 +2.36%
on 12/06/23
199.825 -15.28%
on 09/15/23
-26.075 (-13.35%)
since 09/08/23
52-Week
165.400 +2.36%
on 12/06/23
199.825 -15.28%
on 09/15/23
+2.200 (+1.32%)
since 12/08/22

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ZCH24 : 486-6 (+0.26%)
ZWZ23 : 615-0s (-1.76%)
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Lean hog futures finished the last trade day of the week with $0.87 to $1.52 gains. For Feb, that only reduced the week’s loss to $1.12. The National Average Base Hog price for Friday afternoon was 17...

HEZ23 : 68.425s (+1.30%)
HEJ24 : 76.150s (+2.04%)
KMZ23 : 82.350s (+1.17%)
Strong Friday Rally for Cattle Futures

Live cattle limited the week’s draw down with a triple digit gain of as much as 2% on Friday. Feb fats were up by $3.20 for the day, but still down by $3.40 for the week. There have been no Dec cattle...

LEZ23 : 165.450s (+1.91%)
LEG24 : 165.725s (+1.97%)
LEJ24 : 169.300s (+2.02%)
GFF24 : 215.300s (+2.39%)
GFH24 : 216.075s (+2.32%)
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Short- covering rally to end week

Shootin' the Bull about good demand

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Hogs Near Top End of $1.15 Range

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HEZ23 : 68.425s (+1.30%)
HEG24 : 68.975s (+1.77%)
KMZ23 : 82.350s (+1.17%)
Cattle Rallying Triple Digits through Friday

Despite a bear friendly report, the cattle futures market is trading with triple digit gains of as much as 1.7%. Feeder cattle are leading the way through midday with gains of over 2% as the Jan contract...

LEZ23 : 165.450s (+1.91%)
LEG24 : 165.725s (+1.97%)
LEJ24 : 169.300s (+2.02%)
LEY00 : 170.740s (unch)
GFF24 : 215.300s (+2.39%)
GFH24 : 216.075s (+2.32%)
WASDE

WASDE - 2023-12-08

ZSF24 : 1311-6 (+0.59%)
ZSPAUS.CM : 12.4837 (-0.59%)
ZSBAUS.CM : -0.5563 (+0.48%)
ZSDAUS-BIW.CM : 4,506,573 (unch)
ZSYAUS-BIW.CM : 52.03 (unch)
XSF24 : 4,386s (+1.98%)
XTF24 : 4,902s (+0.16%)
ZCH24 : 486-6 (+0.26%)
ZCPAUS.CM : 4.5496 (-0.52%)
ZCBAUS.CM : -0.3054 (+0.36%)
XVF24 : 2,490s (-0.12%)
XEU24 : 71.55 (+0.14%)

Barchart Trading Guide

The Barchart Trading Guide is a Sell Signal with a Strong Signal Strength.

Key Turning Points

3rd Resistance Point 174.458
2nd Resistance Point 172.117
1st Resistance Point 170.708
Last Price 169.300s
1st Support Level 166.958
2nd Support Level 164.617
3rd Support Level 163.208

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52-Week High 199.825
Fibonacci 61.8% 186.675
Fibonacci 50% 182.612
Fibonacci 38.2% 178.550
Last Price 169.300s
52-Week Low 165.400

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