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3 May 2018
DTN Closing Livestock Comment 05/03 16:25 Cattle Futures Rock With Triple-Digit Gains The cattle complex closed sharply higher thanks to signs of greater packer spending in the country and aggressive short-covering. For the most part, lean hog issues settled modestly lower in slow trade volume. By John Harrington DTN Livestock Analyst GENERAL COMME...
3 May 2018
DTN Chart Technical Points 05/03 16:30 DTN FUTURES 10 5/03/18 SLOW STOCHASTIC PRICES ARE DECIMAL MOVING AVERAGES RSI'S 5 Day 20 Day CONTRACT CLOSE 4-Day 9-Day 18-Day 45-Day 9Day 14Day 30Day %K %D %K %D CBTWT MAY 540.50 527.13 500.56 487.86 479.37 78.02 72.27 64.06 95 95 97 87 CBTWT JUL 538.00 526.13 505.58 498.24 493.30 74.18 68.58 61.47 93 92 92 7...
3 May 2018
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 05/03 12:01 Buyers Flood Back Into Cattle Trade Thursday Strong upward market momentum is seen across the cattle complex, which is helping to add even more buyer support to the entire complex. This is likely to add to the already strong gains in nearby cattle trade during late day activity. By Rick Kment DTN Analyst GE...
3 May 2018
USDA MARKET NEWS--AFTERNOON CATTLE REPORT 05/03/18 VOLUME USDA TOTAL RANGE DTN PRACTICAL RANGE WT AVG KANSAS CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 26,577 WEEK T0 DATE: 27,609 STEERS 11,860 124.00-126.50 124.00-126.50 125.86 HEIFERS 9,404 124.00-126.50 124.00-126.50 125.88 NEBRASKA CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 10,042 WEEK TO DATE: 22,481 STEERS 1,944 190.0...
3 May 2018
DTN Early Word Opening Livestock 05/03 05:52 Livestock Futures Seem Set for Mixed Opening The cattle complex seems staged to open on a mixed basis thanks to residual selling on one hand and short-covering on the other. Lean hog issues should also begin with uneven price action with nearbys probably gaining on deferreds. By John Harrington DTN Analy...