Yearly Archives: 2018

Date: June 4th, 2018 Morning Ag Markets – Matt Hines Livestock futures were mixed on Friday but still finished higher for the week for both cattle and hogs. The volatility in the stock market and concerns over trade continue to push and pull on these markets. Cash feedlot trade wrapped up in the South on Thursday of last week at mostly $110 live on light volume. $111 live and $177 to $180 on a dressed basis traded in the North through Friday. This was mostly steady with prices paid the week previous and supportive to futures which are still discount to cash by $5. NATIONAL FEEDER & STOCKER CATTLE SUMMARY – W/E 06/01/2018 RECEIPTS: Auctions Direct Video/Internet Total This Week 110,900 51,600 15,900 178,400 Last…

Date: May 30th, 2018 Morning Ag Markets – Matt Hines Live cattle futures were under pressure all day yesterday with light cash trade at lower prices last week along with outside markets providing pressure to start this week. NE trade reported yesterday on 1,250 head at $109 live matching the low end of last week’s trade. It will be interesting to see how cash feedlot trade develops this week as packers had been buying for deferred shipments previously entering this post-holiday shortened trading week. Feeders held mild gains when corn flipped lower during the day. Most sale barns closed early this week with calf trade in El Reno, OK yesterday reporting steady to $2 higher for steers and $3 to $6 higher for heifers. Cattle…

Date: May 24, 2018 Pete Loewen You know, a week ago we were all in panic mode talking about cattle coming dangerously close to contract lows and since that point the market has done nothing but march higher nearly every day. Cattle complex futures found $2+ gains in most of the feeder cattle contracts yesterday and $1+ on all of the live cattle months except the front month June that was only mildly higher. August was actually up over $2. Fed Cattle Exchange internet trade had a puny 225 head consigned this week and zero sold, so no indication from that action on cash potential this week. Of course, last week’s cash was all over the place, so trying to peg where this week’s negotiated…

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Date: May 22, 2018 Morning Ag Markets Pete Loewen Big sigh of relief for the cattle complex yesterday as futures shot actively higher and escaped the potential in the short term at making new contract lows. Last week, October live futures dipped into life of contract lows, but for the 2018 live and feeder contracts, that was it for new low territory. Everything else managed to hold that massive area of support. Technical analysis based on that move towards the April contract lows looks well supported now. It’s not that new low ground isn’t possible, but for the time being at least, the path of least resistance appears to be up. Oddly enough, that up move, if it keeps marching higher is going to be…

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