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Live Cattle Futures Sharply Higher
Friday, October 21, 2016 - 10:45am | 39December live cattle is trading at 102.70 , up 2.55 cents/lb. February live cattle is trading at 103.00, up 1.75 cents/lb. April live cattle is trading at 102.20, up 1.47 cents/lb. Live cattle futures are trading sharply higher. Trading is choppy and active.
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Live Cattle Futures Trading Higher
Friday, October 21, 2016 - 9:38am | 124December live cattle is trading at 101.00 , up 0.87 cents/lb. February live cattle is trading at 101.77, up 0.52 cents/lb. Live cattle futures are trading choppy. Dressed steer weights for the week ending October 8th were at 911 pounds, up from 909 the previous week and down from 928 pounds a year...
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USDA Cattle-on-Feed Report Street Estimates
Friday, October 21, 2016 - 6:12am | 105The U.S. Department of Agriculture's monthly cattle-on-feed report is due out at 3:00 p.m. ET. The average street estimate for placements for the month of September are near 103.6 percent of a year ago. The range of street estimates is between 97.6 percent on the low end and over 108 percent on...
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USDA Daily Cattle Slaughter; Live Cattle Futures Up the Limit
Thursday, October 20, 2016 - 2:02pm | 38Thursday's USDA cattle slaughter was 110,000 head versus a year ago at 106,000 head. December live cattle is bid at 100.12, up 3.00 cents/lb. February live cattle is trading 101.22, up 2.77 cents/lb. April live cattle is trading at 100.65, up 2.32 cents/lb.
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Live Cattle Futures Trading Higher
Thursday, October 20, 2016 - 10:01am | 73December live cattle is trading at 98.22, up 1.10 cents/lb. February live cattle is trading at 99.45, up 1.00 cents/lb. Live cattle futures are trading modestly choppy and higher after Wednesday steep decline. Market talk about the upcoming USDA cattle on feed report and consumer demand is making...
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USDA Export Sales; Beef and Pork
Thursday, October 20, 2016 - 8:49am | 54The USDA reported today that beef weekly export sales for the period ending October 13th totaled 16,000 tonnes. Sales were up 27 percent from the previous week and up 40 percent versus the four week average. Pork export sales totaled 19,400 tonnes, sales were up 8 percent from the previous week...
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USDA Daily Cattle Slaughter; Live Cattle Futures Sharply Lower
Wednesday, October 19, 2016 - 2:02pm | 39Wednesday's USDA cattle slaughter was 115,000 head versus a year ago at 111,000 head. December live cattle is trading at 97.15, down 2.07 cents/lb. February live cattle is trading at 98.50, down 2.12 cents/lb. April live cattle is trading at 98.40, down 1.72 cents/lb.
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Live Cattle Futures Extend Losses
Wednesday, October 19, 2016 - 12:11pm | 43December live cattle is trading at 98.00, down 1.22 cents/lb. February live cattle is trading at 99.37, down 1.25 cents/lb. Live cattle futures have extended the session losses. Trading is choppy. Chatter about consumer demand and cattle supplies ahead has kept buyer and sellers active.
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Live Cattle Futures Trading Lower
Wednesday, October 19, 2016 - 9:35am | 51December live cattle is trading at 98.80, down 0.42 cents/lb. February live cattle is trading at 100.27, down 0.35 cents/lb. Live cattle futures are trading lower and choppy just after the open. The USDA cattle slaughter on Tuesday was 115,000 head, the total for the week is 230,000 head versus...
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USDA Daily Cattle Slaughter; Live Cattle Mixed
Tuesday, October 18, 2016 - 2:11pm | 39Tuesday's USDA cattle slaughter was 115,000 head versus a year ago at 113,000 head. December live cattle is trading at 99.15, up 0.15 cents/lb. February live cattle is trading at 100.60, down 0.10 cents/lb. April live cattle is trading at 100.00, up 0.12 cents/lb.
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Live Cattle Futures Little Changed
Tuesday, October 18, 2016 - 9:49am | 64December live cattle is trading at 99.07, up 0.07 cents/lb. February live cattle is trading at 99.82, down 0.05 cents/lb. Live cattle futures are trading steady just after the open. Chatter about the upcoming USDA cattle on feed report and consumer demand is making the rounds. The U.S. Department...
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USDA Daily Cattle Slaughter; Live Cattle Futures Higher
Monday, October 17, 2016 - 2:02pm | 39Monday's USDA cattle slaughter was 115,000 head versus a year ago at 112,000 head. October live cattle is trading at 97.20, up 1.30 cents/lb. December live cattle is trading at 99.07, up 1.62 cents/lb. February live cattle is trading at 100.80, up 1.42 cents/lb.
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USDA Daily Cattle Slaughter; Live Cattle Futures Higher
Friday, October 14, 2016 - 2:05pm | 39Friday's USDA cattle slaughter was 109,000 head versus a year ago at 107,000 head. October live cattle is trading at 96.02, up 1.57 cents/lb. December live cattle is trading at 97.40, up 1.22 cents/lb. February live cattle is trading at 99.32, up 1.37 cents/lb.
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Live Cattle Futures Higher
Friday, October 14, 2016 - 9:49am | 43December live cattle is trading at 96.87, up 0.70 cents/lb. February live cattle is trading at 98.80, up 0.85 cents/lb. Live cattle futures are trading higher just after the open. Chatter about weather for consumer demand and supplies of cattle ahead is making the rounds.
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USDA Export Sales, Beef and Pork
Friday, October 14, 2016 - 9:22am | 54The USDA reported today that beef weekly export sales for the period ending October 6th totaled 12,600 tonnes. Sales were down 28 percent from the previous week and down 6 percent versus the four week average. Pork export sales totaled 18,000 tonnes, sales were down 16 percent from the previous...