Front month lean hog futures settled the session mostly red, save for a 7 cent gain in the October contract. The nearby futures were 35 to 87 cents in the red at the close, but May was nearly $1.50 off...

Front month fat cattle futures were 2 to 40 cents higher at the bell, while feeder cattle went home as much as 57 cents in the red. May feeders held above the $200 mark at the session low and the fall...

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Front month lean hog futures settled the session mostly red, save for a 7 cent gain in the October contract. The nearby futures were 35 to 87 cents in the red at the close, but May was nearly $1.50 off...

Front month fat cattle futures were 2 to 40 cents higher at the bell, while feeder cattle went home as much as 57 cents in the red. May feeders held above the $200 mark at the session low and the fall...

Cattle markets consolidate.

It was difficult to make heads or tails out of today's trading.  Monday's abrupt one hour of trading most likely caused more confusion than anything else.  At this juncture, I see nothing to do. 

The lean hog futures market is giving back $0.67 to $1.22 at midday. The National Average Base Hog price was 58 cents lower on Tuesday morning to $75.45. for Monday was 74 cents weaker to $75.84. The CME...

Cattle futures are mixed but mostly higher with prices up 2 to 35 cents. The Jun contract is trading at a 5 cent midday loss. Tuesday’s FCE auction had 1,482 head listed with no sales between $162-163...

Traders wanted to be long most everything commodity wise today.  Cattle were believed swept up in the buying frenzy of wanting to own something.  The rally could be a B wave with more downside still...