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Live Cattle Apr '24 (LEJ24)

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Live Cattle Futures Market News and Commentary

Cattle Close Mixed on Wednesday

Live cattle futures settled the Wednesday session with contracts down 2 to 37 cents in the front months and up 7 to 22 cents in the deferreds. This morning’s Fed Cattle Exchange online auction from Central Stockyards showed no sales on 2,510 head listed, with bids of $184-188.Bids outside of that have been running $185.  Feeder cattle futures were mixed, with November down 35 cents and other contracts up 7 to 90 cents. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was down 62 cents at $249.02 on November 12. 

USDA wholesale Boxed Beef prices were lower in the Wednesday afternoon report. Choice boxes were down $1.33 to $306.94/cwt, with Select $1.26 lower @ $278.66. The Chc/Sel spread narrowed to $28.28. USDA estimated the Wednesday federally inspected cattle slaughter at 125,000 head, with the weekly total at 358,000 head. That was 11,000 head below the previous week and down 18,418 head from the same week last year.

Dec 24 Live Cattle  closed at $184.025, down $0.375,

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Contract Specifications

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Contract
Live Cattle
Contract Size
40,000 pounds
Tick Size
0.00025 per pound ($10.00 per contract)
Trading Hours
8:30a.m. - 1:05p.m. (Settles 1:00p.m.) CST
Exchange
CME
Point Value
$400
Margin/Maintenance
$2,420/2,200
First Notice Date
04/08/24
Expiration Date
04/30/24 (expired)

Seasonal Chart

Live Cattle Apr '24
Average Price Chart for 5 Prior Apr Contracts

Commitment of Traders Positions as of Nov 5, 2024

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Commercials - Long / Short
118,861 (+3,486)
174,120 (+1,015)
Non-Commercials - Long / Short
147,783 (-633)
68,945 (+2,258)
Producers - Long / Short
42,211 (+3,034)
164,276 (+152)
Swap Dealers - Long / Short
68,797 (-482)
1,991 (-71)
Managed Money - Long / Short
115,627 (+6)
14,174 (-931)
Other Reportables - Long / Short
32,156 (-639)
54,771 (+3,189)
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Price Performance

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Period Period Low Period High Performance
1-Month
176.500 +4.82%
on 04/12/24
186.000 -0.54%
on 04/30/24
unch (unch)
since 03/28/24
3-Month
176.500 +4.82%
on 04/12/24
190.275 -2.77%
on 03/14/24
+3.250 (+1.79%)
since 01/30/24
52-Week
165.400 +11.85%
on 12/06/23
199.825 -7.42%
on 09/15/23
+6.300 (+3.53%)
since 04/28/23

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Cattle Close Mixed on Wednesday

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LEZ24 : 184.025s (-0.20%)
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GFH25 : 242.200s (+0.20%)
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HEG25 : 86.025s (-0.35%)
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LEJ25 : 187.675s (-0.01%)
LEZ24 : 184.025s (-0.20%)
LEG25 : 186.075s (-0.03%)
GFX24 : 246.475s (-0.14%)
GFF25 : 243.650s (+0.03%)
GFH25 : 242.200s (+0.20%)
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HEZ24 : 81.875s (-0.58%)
HEG25 : 86.025s (-0.35%)
HEJ25 : 90.150s (+0.03%)
Cattle Focus Shifting to Wednesday After Early Week Strength

Live cattle futures ended the Tuesday session with gains of 70 cents to $1.17 across the board. Cash trade last week settled in with Northern sales of $186-188 and Southern action at $187. Early week action...

LEJ25 : 187.675s (-0.01%)
LEZ24 : 184.025s (-0.20%)
LEG25 : 186.075s (-0.03%)
GFX24 : 246.475s (-0.14%)
GFF25 : 243.650s (+0.03%)
GFH25 : 242.200s (+0.20%)
Corn, Soybean Oil, Live Cattle, and Lean Hogs are each at their highest hedge fund positions for the past 52 weeks.

When hedge funds begin to unwind these record positions, this will put significant pressure on market prices,

Barchart Trading Guide

The Barchart Trading Guide is a Buy Signal with a Average Signal Strength.

Key Turning Points

3rd Resistance Point 186.667
2nd Resistance Point 186.333
1st Resistance Point 185.667
Last Price 185.000s
1st Support Level 184.667
2nd Support Level 184.333
3rd Support Level 183.667

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52-Week High 199.825
Fibonacci 61.8% 186.675
Last Price 185.000s
Fibonacci 50% 182.612
Fibonacci 38.2% 178.550
52-Week Low 165.400

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