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Butter Cash-Settled Jul '24 (BDN24)

312.1100s -0.6400 (-0.20%) 07/31/24 [CME]
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News & Headlines for Wed, Jul 31st, 2024
Shootinthebull Cattle bulls charge to new highs amid strong demand

Written by Chris Winward This week's price action left the cattle bulls sailing into the weekend with plenty of reasons to celebrate holding out for higher prices in the cash and futures markets. The...

Hogs Rallying on Friday, with Cutout Strength

Lean hog futures are trading with contracts up 90 cents to $1.125. USDA’s national average base hog negotiated price was back up $1.52 from the day prior at $91.7 in the Friday AM report. The CME Lean...

HEK25 : 92.800s (+0.92%)
HEM25 : 101.150s (+1.23%)
HEN25 : 101.175s (+1.12%)
Cattle Extending Gains into the Weekend

Live cattle futures are trading with 20 to 75 cent gains on Friday. Preliminary open interest was up 3,533 contracts on Thursday. Cash trade has been quiet so far this week, with bids this morning being...

LEQ25 : 204.100s (unch)
LEJ25 : 214.250s (+0.35%)
LEM25 : 208.250s (+0.12%)
GFK25 : 290.525s (+0.50%)
GFQ25 : 294.300s (+0.55%)
GFU25 : 293.550s (+0.61%)
📈 The Sinclair Report: Livestock Markets Press Higher with Bullish Momentum Holding Firm

April 25, 2025 By John S. Simpson Jr., Senior Market Strategist – Walsh Trading 🐂 Live Cattle (LEM25) – New Highs Met with Profit-Taking, Eyes Still on Higher Ground The June live cattle contract...

Hogs Look to Round Out Week After Pullback on Thursday

Lean hog futures settled the Thursday session with contracts mixed, as nearby May was up 7 cents and other contracts down 20 to 25 cents. Preliminary open interest was up 1,507 contracts. USDA’s national...

HEK25 : 92.800s (+0.92%)
HEM25 : 101.150s (+1.23%)
HEN25 : 101.175s (+1.12%)
Cattle Shift Focus to Friday Trade After Mixed Thursday

Live cattle futures closed Thursday mixed, with most nearby contracts within a quarter of unch, and April up 80 cents. Preliminary open interest was up 3,533 contracts on Thursday. Cash trade has been...

LEQ25 : 204.100s (unch)
LEJ25 : 214.250s (+0.35%)
LEM25 : 208.250s (+0.12%)
GFK25 : 290.525s (+0.50%)
GFQ25 : 294.300s (+0.55%)
GFU25 : 293.550s (+0.61%)
Grain Rally Mystery: Why Are Soybeans, Corn, and Wheat Bucking the Trend?

In an interview on AgWeb's Markets Now, Darin Newsom of Barchart discussed the surprising grain market rally led by soybeans despite negative China trade news, a potential corrective bounce in corn with...

ZSN25 : 1059-2s (-0.26%)
ZWN25 : 545-0s (+0.09%)
LEM25 : 208.250s (+0.12%)
ZCN25 : 485-4s (+0.31%)
Pure Hedge - Livestock and Grain

Can the Grains Continue to Advance from here - Should the Cattle Markets Expect a 10% Pullback?

Shootin' the Bull about significant divergence

In my opinion alone, and not to be confused with fact, is that the spread between the optimism of the producer, and the street signs of the economy, are believed as wide as I can ever recall.

Cold Storage

Cold Storage - 2025-04-24

YKU25 : 14,135s (+0.04%)
HEM25 : 101.150s (+1.23%)
GFQ25 : 294.300s (+0.55%)
OJN25 : 252.15s (-0.85%)
BDK25 : 234.0250 (-1.58%)
LEM25 : 208.250s (+0.12%)
Chart of the Day - July Copper

Not everything that can glitter is Gold

Dollar Rebounds on US Trade Deal Optimism

The dollar index (DXY00 ) Tuesday rose by +0.65%. The dollar rallied moderately Tuesday and rebounded from Monday's 3-year low. Short covering emerged in the dollar Tuesday on trade deal optimism after...

DXY00 : 99.612s (+0.24%)
GCM25 : 3,319.6 (-0.87%)
SIK25 : 32.995 (-1.52%)
^USDJPY : 143.686 (+0.74%)
^EURUSD : 1.13594 (-0.26%)
Did Copper’s Correction Destroy the Bull Market?

COMEX copper futures reached a new record high in March 2025, while the LME three-month copper forwards did not achieve the same feat. COMEX copper futures plunged in early April but held a critical technical...

$DXY : 99.61 (+0.23%)
CPER : 30.38 (-0.75%)
HGK25 : 4.8440 (-0.25%)
P0Y00 : 9,392.50s (+0.11%)
ZBM25 : 116-01 (+0.73%)
Gold Prices Just Hit New Record Highs. Is the Bull Market Peaking?

The most bullish moves in a market tend to happen right before that market peaks.

$DXY : 99.61 (+0.23%)
DXM25 : 99.390 (+0.22%)
GCM25 : 3,319.6 (-0.87%)
Dollar Recovers on US Trade Deal Optimism

The dollar index (DXY00 ) today is up by +0.32%. The dollar today is rebounding higher from Monday's 3-year low. Short covering emerged in the dollar today on trade deal optimism after US trade negotiators...

DXY00 : 99.612s (+0.24%)
GCM25 : 3,319.6 (-0.87%)
SIK25 : 32.995 (-1.52%)
^USDJPY : 143.686 (+0.74%)
^EURUSD : 1.13594 (-0.26%)
Six Days of ETF Flows Into Silver - Dollar 3 Year Lows!

Silver continues to attract investor demand with six straight days of ETF inflows, while the U.S. Dollar hits its lowest level in three years. Phil Streible breaks down what this means for metals in today’s...

Dollar Retreats and Gold Rallies to a Record High on Threats to Fed Independence

The dollar index (DXY00 ) Monday fell by -0.98% and posted a new 3-year low. The dollar sold off Monday on a renewed crisis of confidence in the dollar after National Economic Council Director Hassett...

DXY00 : 99.612s (+0.24%)
GCM25 : 3,319.6 (-0.87%)
SIK25 : 32.995 (-1.52%)
^USDJPY : 143.686 (+0.74%)
^EURUSD : 1.13594 (-0.26%)
Gold Continues to Hold Fib Levels and Keeps Reaching For Gann Squares

Educational and Actionable information using Fibonacci and W.D. Gann analysis.

GCM25 : 3,319.6 (-0.87%)
How High Can Gold Go?

How high is too high when it comes to King Gold as a safe-haven market?

$DXY : 99.61 (+0.23%)
$NASX : 17,382.94 (+1.26%)
GCY00 : 3,306.89 (-1.25%)
$DOWI : 40,113.50 (+0.05%)
GCM25 : 3,319.6 (-0.87%)
$INX : 5,525.21 (+0.74%)
Dollar Tumbles and Gold Soars to a Record High on Concern Over Fed Independence

The dollar index (DXY00 ) today is down -0.94% and fell to a new 3-year low. The dollar is selling off today on a renewed crisis of confidence in the dollar after National Economic Council Director Hassett...

DXY00 : 99.612s (+0.24%)
GCM25 : 3,319.6 (-0.87%)
SIK25 : 32.995 (-1.52%)
^USDJPY : 143.686 (+0.74%)
^EURUSD : 1.13594 (-0.26%)

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Cattle Extending Gains into the Weekend
Live cattle futures are trading with 20 to 75 cent gains on Friday. Preliminary open interest was up 3,533 contracts on Thursday. Cash trade has been quiet so far this week, with bids this morning being reported in KS at $210-213. Friday morning’s Fed Cattle Exchange online auction from Central... Read more
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