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Cattle Look to Tuesday After Fading to Start August

Live cattle futures were 7 to 72 cents lower across most contracts on Monday, fading early gains. Open interest was down 998 contracts. Cash trade was at $232-233 last week, with a few at $235. Early bids surfaced near $233 on Monday, but no volume was reported. Feeder cattle futures...

Barchart · Aug 4

Cattle Fade Lower to Kick Off August

Live cattle futures were 7 to 72 cents lower across most contracts on Monday, fading early gains. Cash trade was at $232-233 last week, with a few at $235. Early bids surfaced near $233 on Monday, but no volume was reported. Feeder cattle futures saw losses of 20 cents to...

Barchart · Aug 3

Cattle Posting Mixed Trade on Monday

Live cattle futures are showing 5 to 40 cent gains so far on Monday. Cash trade was at $232-233 last week, with a few at $235. Early bids are surfacing at $233 this week. Feeder cattle futures are slipping at midday, with contracts steady to 45 cents lower. The CME...

Barchart · Aug 3

Cattle Extend Their Bounce to Thursday’s Close

Live cattle futures posted $1.42 to $3.47 gains across the board at Thursday’s close. USDA picked up cash trade at $232-233 on Thursday. The Thursday Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed no sales on the 1,054 head offered and a few bids of $228. Feeder cattle futures extended the bounce...

Barchart · Jul 30

Cattle Extending this Week’s Bounce to Thursday

Live cattle futures are posting $1.90 to $2.15 gains across most contracts. There are a few bids at $235 being reported in the north on Thursday. The Thursday Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed no sales on the 1,054 head offered and a few bids of $228. Feeder cattle futures...

Barchart · Jul 30

Cattle Look to Thursday After Bouncing on Wednesday

Live cattle futures closed the Wednesday session, with contracts continuing to bounce from Monday’s weakness, up 42 cents to $2.07 higher. Open interest was down 2,472 contracts on Wednesday, implying shorts were covering. Early bids of $228 were reported this week though trade has been inactive. The Wednesday Fed Cattle...

Barchart · Jul 30

Cattle Post Gains on Wednesday

Live cattle futures closed the Wednesday session, with contracts continuing to bounce from Monday’s weakness, up 42 cents to $2.07 higher. Early bids of $228 were reported this week though trade has been inactive. The Wednesday Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed no sales on the 1,054 head offered and...

Barchart · Jul 29

Cattle Extending Bounce to Wednesday

Live cattle futures are posting $1.85 to $2.60 higher trade so far on the Wednesday session. Early bids of $228 were reported this week though trade has been inactive. The Wednesday Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed no sales on the 1,054 head offered and a few bids of $228....

Barchart · Jul 29

Cattle Look to Wednesday After Bouncing on Tuesday

Live cattle futures were up $1.22 to $3.80 across most contracts at the Tuesday close. Open interest was down 5,219 contracts on Tuesday. Early bids of $228 were reported which is just slightly lower than the $230-231 trade from last week. Feeder cattle futures posted front month gains of $1.575...

Barchart · Jul 29

Cattle Get a Bounce on Tuesday

Live cattle futures were up $1.22 to $3.80 across most contracts at the Tuesday close. Early bids of $228 were reported which is just slightly lower than the $230-231 trade from last week. Feeder cattle futures posted front month gains of $1.575 to $5.30, with November and beyond down $1.22...

Barchart · Jul 28