Cattle Collapse into the Long Weekend

Dwell cattle futures closed the Friday session with contracts $3.90 to $4.50 decrease. February was $1.57 decrease this week. Money commerce this week centered within the $233 vary throughout the South and $232-235 for the North.  Feeder cattle gave again a lot of the energy from this week, as contracts have been down $6.50 to $8.10 on Friday. January was nonetheless up $1.20 this week. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was up 73 cents to $370.15 on January 15.  The markets can be off on Monday for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day vacation. 

USDA’s APHIS web site on Thursday confirmed a number of new circumstances of New World Screwworm in Mexico over the past week, together with 6 new circumstances in Tamaulipas, a bordering state to the US. Energetic circumstances in that state are as much as 8. 

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CFTC knowledge confirmed managed cash growing their internet lengthy in stay cattle futures and choices by 6,555 contracts to 101,316 contracts as of January 13. In feeder cattle futures & choices, specs have been trimming their internet lengthy by 530 contracts to 16,308 contracts.

USDA Wholesale Boxed Beef costs have been greater within the Friday PM report, with the Chc/Sel unfold widening again out to $2.19. Alternative containers have been up $1.61 to $362.39, whereas Choose was 48 cents greater at $360.3019 This week’s USDA federally inspected cattle slaughter was estimated at 562,000 head. That was 9,000 head above final week however 39,259 head shy of the identical week final yr. 

Feb 26 Dwell Cattle  closed at $232.150, down $3.900,

Apr 26 Dwell Cattle  closed at $233.975, down $4.450,

Jun 26 Dwell Cattle  closed at $229.600, down $4.300,

Jan 26 Feeder Cattle  closed at $361.925, down $6.500,

Mar 26 Feeder Cattle  closed at $356.450, down $8.100,

Apr 26 Feeder Cattle  closed at $354.900, down $8.025,

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