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USDA Daily Cattle Slaughter, Live Cattle Futures Mixed
Friday, January 6, 2017 - 3:06pm | 37Friday's USDA cattle slaughter was 114,000 head versus 103,000 head a year ago. February live cattle is trading at 114.97, down 0.10 cents/lb. April live cattle is trading at 114.32, up 0.17 cents/lb. June Cattle is trading at 104.00, up 0.05 cents/lb.
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Live Cattle Futures Lower
Friday, January 6, 2017 - 11:35am | 50February live cattle is trading at 114.57, down 0.50 cents/lb. April live cattle is trading at 113.80, down 0.35 cents/lb. June live cattle is trading at 103.62, down 0.37 cents/lb Live cattle futures are choppy and lower on the day. Market talk about cash prices ahead and consumer demand is...
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USDA Export Sales, Beef and Pork
Friday, January 6, 2017 - 9:55am | 69The USDA reported today that beef weekly export sales for the current year period ending December 29th totaled 1,700 tonnes. Sales were down 83 percent from the previous week and down 56 percent from the four week average. There were 5,200 tonnes sold for 2017. Pork export sales for this year...
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USDA Daily Cattle Slaughter, Live Cattle Futures Move Down
Thursday, January 5, 2017 - 3:04pm | 37Thursday's USDA cattle slaughter was 115,000 head versus 111,000 head a year ago. February live cattle is trading at 114.85, up 0.87 cents/lb. April live cattle is trading at 113.90, down 0.82 cents/lb. June Cattle is trading at 103.70, down 0.60 cents/lb.
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Live Cattle Futures Higher
Thursday, January 5, 2017 - 10:42am | 56February live cattle is trading at 116.22, up 0.55 cents/lb. April live cattle is trading at 115.17, up 0.45 cents/lb. June live cattle is trading at 104.67, up 0.37 cents/lb Live cattle futures are trading higher just after the open. Wednesday's USDA cattle slaughter was 116,000 head, the total...
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USDA Daily Cattle Slaughter, Live Cattle Futures Higher
Wednesday, January 4, 2017 - 3:08pm | 37Wednesday's USDA cattle slaughter was 116,000 head versus 106,000 head a year ago. February live cattle is trading at 115.70, up 0.82 cents/lb. April live cattle is trading at 114.75, up 0.80 cents/lb. June Cattle is trading at 104.32, up 0.17 cents/lb.
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Live Cattle Futures Little Changed
Wednesday, January 4, 2017 - 10:36am | 50February live cattle is trading at 114.72, down 0.15 cents/lb. April live cattle is trading at 113.85, down 0.10 cents/lb. June live cattle is trading at 104.00, down 0.15 cents/lb Live cattle futures are trading steady just after the open. Market talk about cash prices ahead and consumer demand...
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USDA Daily Cattle Slaughter, Live Cattle Futures Lower
Tuesday, January 3, 2017 - 3:08pm | 37Tuesday's USDA cattle slaughter was 117,000 head versus 115,000 head a week ago. February live cattle is trading at 114.45, down 1.60 cents/lb. April live cattle is trading at 113.50, down 1.07 cents/lb. June Cattle is trading at 103.85, down 0.82 cents/lb.
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Live Cattle Futures Little Changed
Tuesday, January 3, 2017 - 10:33am | 49February live cattle is trading at 115.75, down 0.27 cents/lb. April live cattle is trading at 114.55, down 0.02 cents/lb. June live cattle is trading at 104.65, down 0.02 cents/lb Live cattle futures are trading steady just after the open. Market chatter about cash prices and consumer demand is...
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USDA Daily Cattle Slaughter, Live Cattle Futures Move Down
Friday, December 30, 2016 - 3:04pm | 37Friday's USDA cattle slaughter was 112,000 head versus 113,000 head a week ago. February live cattle is trading at 115.97, down 1.97 cents/lb. April live cattle is trading at 114.65, down 1.10 cents/lb. June Cattle is trading at 104.95, down 0.40 cents/lb.
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Live Cattle Futures Move Down
Friday, December 30, 2016 - 1:03pm | 46February live cattle is trading at 116.50, down 1.47 cents/lb. April live cattle is trading at 114.77, down up 0.92 cents/lb. Live cattle futures are trading lower on the session after showing as higher trade early in the day. Trading has been choppy and the range is wide.
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Live Cattle Futures Steady
Friday, December 30, 2016 - 10:39am | 76February live cattle is trading at 118.05, up 0.07 cents/lb. April live cattle is trading at 115.95, up 0.20 cents/lb. Live cattle futures are trading steady just after the open. Thursday's USDA estimated cattle slaughter was 116,000 head, the total cattle slaughter for the week is now 354,000...
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USDA Export Sales, Beef and Pork
Friday, December 30, 2016 - 9:46am | 75The USDA reported today that beef weekly export sales for the current year period ending December 22nd totaled 10,000 tonnes. Sales were up 18 percent from the previous week and down 52 percent from the four week average. There were 11,000 tonnes sold for 2017. Pork export sales for this year...
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USDA Daily Cattle Slaughter, Live Cattle Higher
Thursday, December 29, 2016 - 3:06pm | 42Thursday's USDA cattle slaughter was 116,000 head versus 115,000 head a week ago and 87,000 head a year ago. February live cattle is trading at 117.80, up 0.42 cents/lb. April live cattle is trading at 115.67, up 0.52 cents/lb. June Cattle is trading at 105.17, up 0.05 cents/lb.
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Live Cattle Futures Little Higher
Thursday, December 29, 2016 - 10:45am | 47February live cattle is trading at 117.57, up 0.30 cents/lb. April live cattle is trading at 115.22, up 0.07 cents/lb. Live cattle futures are trading steady to higher just after the open. Wednesday's USDA estimated cattle slaughter was 115,000 head , the total cattle slaughter for the week is now...