Live cattle futures are mixed, with contracts 75 cents lower to 20 cents higher. Cash trade saw trade at $248-249 in the South last week with some northern action near $249-250. Feeder cattle futures are trading with 20 cent to $1.12 gains at midday. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back up $2.57 to $366.67 on April 9. The OKC feeder cattle auction from Monday has 5,000 head for sale.
CFTC data from Friday afternoon showed managed money at a net long of 133,265 contracts in live cattle futures and options as of April 7, a 9,523 contract increase on the week. Specs in Feeder cattle futures and options added just 91 contracts to their net long to 20,202 contracts.
