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USDA Daily Cattle Slaughter; Live Cattle Futures Sharply Lower
Tuesday, March 14, 2017 - 1:04pm | 38Tuesday's USDA cattle slaughter was 112,000 head versus 113,000 head a year ago. April live cattle is trading at 116.25, down 1.50 cents/lb. June live cattle is trading at 106.80, down 1.30 cents/lb. August live cattle is trading at 102.80, down 0.75 cents/lb.
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Live Cattle Futures Move Down
Tuesday, March 14, 2017 - 9:22am | 51April live cattle is trading at 117.20, down 0.55 cents/lb. June live cattle is trading at 107.65, down 0.45 cents/lb Live cattle futures are trading lower after a steady to higher trade early on. Trading is choppy. Chatter about cash prices and weather impacts on consumer demand has kept buyers...
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Live Cattle Futures Higher
Tuesday, March 14, 2017 - 8:33am | 55April live cattle is trading at 117.90, up 0.20 cents/lb. June live cattle is trading at 108.30, up 0.22 cents/lb Live cattle futures are trading steady to higher just after the open. Chatter about cash prices and weather impacts on consumer demand is making the rounds. Monday's USDA...
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USDA Daily Cattle Slaughter; Live Cattle Futures Higher
Monday, March 13, 2017 - 1:04pm | 38Monday's USDA cattle slaughter was 116,000 head versus 111,000 head a year ago. April live cattle is trading at 117.65, up 0.05 cents/lb. June live cattle is trading at 108.05, up 0.55 cents/lb. August live cattle is trading at 103.55, up 0.50 cents/lb.
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Live Cattle Futures Higher
Monday, March 13, 2017 - 8:33am | 89April live cattle is trading at 118.05, up 0.47 cents/lb. June live cattle is trading at 108.00, up 0.50 cents/lb. Live cattle futures are trading higher just after the open. Chatter about cash prices ahead and consumer demand impacts from the late winter storm on the east coast is making the...
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USDA Weekly Cattle Slaughter; Live Cattle Futures Settle Higher
Sunday, March 12, 2017 - 9:30am | 63Friday's USDA cattle slaughter was 104,000 head versus 101,000 head a year ago. Saturday's USDA cattle slaughter was estimated to be 29,000 head versus 9,000 head a year ago. The total cattle slaughter for last week was 587,000 head versus 543,000 head a year ago. April live cattle settled at...
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Live Cattle Futures Little Higher
Friday, March 10, 2017 - 9:41am | 73April live cattle is trading at 116.80, up 0.30 cents/lb. June live cattle is trading at 106.90, up 0.17 cents/lb Live cattle futures are trading steady to higher just after the open. Chatter about cash prices ahead and demand impacts from some late winter storms is making the rounds....
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USDA Daily Cattle Slaughter; Live Cattle Futures Higher
Thursday, March 9, 2017 - 2:05pm | 38Thursday's USDA cattle slaughter was 110,000 head versus 108,000 head a year ago. April live cattle is trading at 116.32, up 0.35 cents/lb. June live cattle is trading at 106.52, up 0.27 cents/lb. August live cattle is trading at 102.27, up 0.22 cents/lb
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Live Cattle Futures Higher
Thursday, March 9, 2017 - 9:50am | 67April live cattle is trading at 116.87, up 0.90 cents/lb. June live cattle is trading at 107.00, up 0.75 cents/lb Live cattle futures are trading choppy and near the session highs. Chatter about cash prices ahead and consumer demand is making the rounds. Wednesday's USDA cattle slaughter...
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USDA Export Sales; Beef and Pork
Thursday, March 9, 2017 - 8:47am | 53The USDA reported today that beef weekly export sales for the current year period ending March 2nd totaled 16,900 tonnes. Sales were up 10 percent from the previous week and 23 percent from the four week average. Pork export sales totaled 18,100 tonnes. Sales were up 8 percent from previous week...
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USDA Daily Cattle Slaughter; Live Cattle Futures Higher
Wednesday, March 8, 2017 - 2:02pm | 38Wednesday's USDA cattle slaughter was 115,000 head versus 112,000 head a year ago. April live cattle is trading at 115.92, up 0.57 cents/lb. June live cattle is trading at 106.17, up 0.55 cents/lb. August live cattle is trading at 101.97, up 0.50 cents/lb.
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Live Cattle Futures Erase Gains
Wednesday, March 8, 2017 - 11:44am | 42April live cattle is trading at 115.57, up 0.22 cents/lb. June live cattle is trading at 105.87, up 0.25 cents/lb August live cattle is trading at 101.75, up 0.27 cents/lb. Live cattle futures have erased the early session gains in rapid fashion. Trading is choppy.
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Live Cattle Futures Move Up
Wednesday, March 8, 2017 - 10:11am | 44April live cattle is trading at 116.87, up 1.50 cents/lb. June live cattle is trading at 106.92,up 1.30 cents/lb Live cattle futures have moved up and are trading at the session highs. Chatter about cash prices and consumer demand has kept buyers and sellers active.
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Live Cattle Futures Little Higher
Wednesday, March 8, 2017 - 9:34am | 57April live cattle is trading at 115.72, up 0.37 cents/lb. June live cattle is trading at 105.90,up 0.27 cents/lb Live cattle futures are trading steady to higher just after the open. Tuesday's USDA cattle slaughter was 115,000 head versus 110,000 head a year ago. The USDA cattle slaughter for...
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USDA Daily Cattle Slaughter; Live Cattle Futures Trading Lower
Tuesday, March 7, 2017 - 2:05pm | 38Tuesday's USDA cattle slaughter was 115,000 head versus 110,000 head a year ago. April live cattle is trading at 115.17, down 0.37 cents/lb. June live cattle is trading at 105.47, down 0.85 cents/lb. August live cattle is trading at 101.30, down 0.77 cents/lb.