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Cattle Current Market Update with Wes Ishmael

Author: Wes Ishmael: cattle business analyst and journalist

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Whether you trade cattle once a year or every day, Cattle Current with Wes Ishmael helps you stay in the market with a daily morning snapshot of the previous day's market action and news shaping the market ahead. Cattle market highlights and commentary include: market news; cash calf and feeder cattle price trends at auction; relevant futures prices and trends; cash fed cattle prices; overview of the cash grain market; trends in major Equity indexes. Stay in the market.
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Cattle futures extended gains on Monday, helped by more bullish outside markets, and despite more placements than expected in Friday's monthly Cattle on Feed report.Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of 84¢ higher, except for 45¢ lower in the back contract. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $1.70 higher. Negotiated [...]
Cattle futures were higher Friday, helped along by steady cash fed cattle prices. Live Cattle futures were an average of $1.34 higher. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $2.60 higher. Week to week on Friday, Live Cattle futures closed an average of $3.46 higher. Feeder Cattle futures closed an average of $6.96 higher. [...]
Cattle futures were lower Thursday, weighed down by bearish outside markets, tied to escalating energy prices and uncertainty stemming from the U.S.-Israel attack on Iran. Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of $2.25 lower. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $5.54 lower ($3.05 to $6.42 lower). Negotiated cash fed cattle [...]
Live Cattle futures eased higher on Wednesday, bolstered by thoughts that negotiated cash fed cattle prices could increase this week, and despite bearish outside markets. Feeder Cattle futures wobbled, though, with resurgent Corn futures and perhaps positioning ahead of Friday’s Monthly Cattle on Feed report. Broadly, analysts see February placements on par year over [...]
Cattle futures wobbled Friday with uneven outside markets and wonderment about the potential strike at the JBS plant in Greeley next week. Live Cattle futures closed an average of 42¢ lower. Feeder Cattle futures were mixed, from an average of 64¢ lower to an average of 68¢ higher. Week to week on Friday, Live [...]
Cattle futures firmed Thursday, helped by rising wholesale beef values and the cash premium to futures. Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of $1.40 higher, except for 95¢ lower in the back contract. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of 61¢ higher, except for 5¢ lower in spot March and $2.57 [...]
Cattle futures lost ground Wednesday, as bearishness increased in outside markets. Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of $1.97 lower. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $5.19 lower. Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was moderate on moderate demand in Nebraska through Wednesday afternoon, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. FOB [...]
Cattle futures gained Tuesday, helped by the decline in Crude Oil futures and the continued increase in wholesale beef values. Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of $2.49 higher. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $3.27 higher. Negotiated cash fed cattle trade ranged from limited on moderate demand in Nebraska [...]
Cattle futures were sharply lower again Monday, but off sessions lows, pressured by a range of factors, including last week's lower negotiated cash fed cattle prices, news that the JBS plant in Greeley, Colo. was cancelling slaughter at the plant this week ahead of the potential strike, and spiking Crude oil futures pressuring outside [...]
Cattle futures were sharply lower Friday, pressured by bearish outside markets and another week of lower negotiated cash fed cattle prices. Also on Friday, the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7, which represents workers at the JBS plant, gave notice that it was cancelling its extension agreement effective 11:59 p.m., March 15. So, [...]
Cattle futures were mixed on Thursday.   Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of 34¢ higher on continued fundamental strength. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $1.31 lower with likely profit taking from the previous session’s sharp gains. Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was mostly inactive on light demand in [...]
Recently surging wholesale beef values and more positive outside market helped Cattle futures rally higher Wednesday. Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of $4.11 higher. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $6.96 higher. Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was mostly inactive on light demand in all major cattle feeding regions [...]
Cattle futures were mostly able to hold the previous session’s gains on Tuesday after early pressure tied to declining outside markets. Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of 64¢ higher. Feeder Cattle futures were narrowly mixed, from unchanged to an average of 72¢ lower in three contracts (2¢ to $1.97 lower) [...]
Cattle futures were under early pressure Monday from lower outside markets tied to uncertainty about the impact of the U.S.-Israel strikes against Iran. Ultimately, though, Cattle futures trended mainly higher. Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of $1.23 higher (65¢ to $1.57 higher), except for $1.42 lower in the back contract. [...]
Cattle futures plumbed lower Friday, with continued concern about a potential strike at the JBS packing plant in Greeley, Colo., lower cash fed cattle prices, bearish outside markets, as well as month-end profit taking and technical selling. Live Cattle futures were an average of $3.49 lower. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $7.51 [...]
Cattle futures stepped lower Thursday, pressured by wariness over a potential strike at the JBS packing plant in Greeley, CO and softer early cash fed cattle prices. Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of $2.84 lower, except for unchanged in expiring Feb. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $5.05 lower. [...]
Cattle futures continued higher Wednesday, helped along by another day of higher wholesale beef values. Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of $1.19 higher. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $1.99 higher. Negotiated cash fed cattle trade was inactive on light demand in all major cattle feeding regions through Wednesday [...]
Cattle futures firmed and crept higher Tuesday without the previous day’s pressure from outside markets and supported by higher wholesale beef values. Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of 36¢ higher, except for 7¢ lower in near Apr. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of 59¢ higher, except for an average [...]
Cattle futures closed lower again Monday, pressured by bearish outside markets and despite Friday’s neutral-to-friendly Cattle on Feed report. Uncertainty also lingered about the potential strike at the JBS plant in Greeley, Colo. Toward the close, Live Cattle futures were an average of $1.59 lower. Feeder Cattle futures were an average of $3.16 lower. [...]
Cattle futures closed lower Friday, pressured by the lack of direction from negotiated cash fed cattle trade before the close, the Cattle on Feed report (see below) issued after the close of trade and wariness over the union at the JBS plant in Greeley voting whether to strike. Live Cattle futures were an average [...]
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