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Live cattle futures are showing steady trade on Friday, with contracts within 15 cents of unchanged. Cash trade has been mostly $372 dressed as well as a few live sales of $235-236. The Thursday morning Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed sales of $235-236 on 183 of the 762 head...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.18%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.10%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.30%. March E-mini S&P futures (ESH26 ) are down -0.19%, and March E-mini Nasdaq futures...

Lean hog futures are trading with 92 cent to $1.80 losses in the front months on Wednesday. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $93.05 on Wednesday morning, up 37 cents from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was another dime higher on March 5 at $90.97....

Live cattle futures are facing losses of $2.00 to $2.10 in the front months on Wednesday. Cash trade has yet to see much action this week, with $372 dressed reported as well as a few light sales of $235. The Wednesday Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed sales of $236.50...

Lean hog futures are showing 50 cent to $1.22 gains at midday. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $92.68 on Tuesday morning. The CME Lean Hog Index was another 13 cents higher on March 5 at $90.87. USDA’s pork carcass cutout value from the Tuesday AM report was...

Live cattle futures are showing $2.30 to $2.60 gains in the front months on Tuesday, as the equities claw back some gains. Cash trade has yet to see much action this week as last week settled in at $240 across most of the country. Feeder cattle futures are up $3.65...

Live cattle futures are down $3.35 to $4.25 so far at midday. Cash trade settled in at $240 across most of the country last week. Feeder cattle futures are down $4.47 to $5.50. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was down another $1.47 to $367.32 on March 5. The Monday OKC...

Lean hog futures are 65 cents to $1.425 in the red at midday. USDA’s national base hog price was not reported on Monday morning due to low volume. The CME Lean Hog Index was 19 cents higher on March 5 at $90.74. Commitment of Traders data from Tuesday’s close showed...

Live cattle futures are facing pressure from falling equities, with contracts down $4 to $4.70 at midday. Friday morning’s Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed sales at $240-242 on 272 of the 1,224 head. Trade outside of that has been $240 in the North. Feeder cattle futures are falling $7.35...