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Cattle Showing Mixed Trade on Friday

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...

Barchart · Mar 13

Cattle Look to Close Out the Week as Beef Continues to Rise

Live cattle futures closed Thursday with contracts up 87 cents to $1.30. 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 $235.50 on 447 of the 1,656 head offered, with other bids...

Barchart · Mar 13

Cattle Pop Higher into Thursday’s Close as Choice Beef Approaches $400

Live cattle futures closed Thursday with contracts up 87 cents to $1.30. 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 $235.50 on 447 of the 1,656 head offered, with other bids...

Barchart · Mar 12

Cattle Look to Wednesday Trade

Live cattle futures were back up $2.20 to $2.80 on the Tuesday close. Open interest was down 680 contracts on Tuesday. Cash trade has yet to see much action this week, with $372 dressed reported, down from $380 last week and $240 live. Feeder cattle futures saw higher trade on...

Barchart · Mar 11

Cattle Bounces on Turnaround Tuesday

Live cattle futures were back up $2.20 to $2.80 on the Tuesday close. Cash trade has yet to see much action this week, with $372 dressed reported, down from $380 last week and $240 live. Feeder cattle futures saw higher trade on Tuesday, with contracts up $2.70 to $3.55 at...

Barchart · Mar 10

Cattle Posting Turnaround Tuesday Gains

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...

Barchart · Mar 10

Cattle Falling on Monday

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...

Barchart · Mar 9

Cattle Look to New Week of Trade

Live cattle futures were under pressure from falling equities on Friday, with contracts down $3.80 to $4.50 at the close. April was up $2.35 from on the week. Open interest was down 3,008 contracts. Another round of sharply lower equities may be a pressure factor at the open. Cash trade...

Barchart · Mar 9

Cattle Rounds Out the Week with Losses

Live cattle futures were under pressure from falling equities on Friday, with contracts down $3.80 to $4.50 at the close. April was up $2.35 from last Friday. Cash trade settled in at $240 across most of the country, firming in some northern areas from last week and lower in the...

Barchart · Mar 6

Cattle Rounding Out the Week with Losses

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...

Barchart · Mar 6