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2 Mar 2018
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 03/02 12:07 Increased Pressure Develops Early Friday Moderate to firm pressure is seen early Friday, which is leading to additional underlying softness at the end of the week. Firm pressure in cattle trade is allowing most traders to remain on the sidelines as they assess longer-term demand potential through late March...
2 Mar 2018
USDA MARKET NEWS--AFTERNOON CATTLE REPORT 03/02/18 VOLUME USDA TOTAL RANGE DTN PRACTICAL RANGE WT AVG KANSAS CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 61 WEEK T0 DATE: 19,208 STEERS 61 126.00-126.00 126.00-126.00 126.00 HEIFERS No reportable trade NEBRASKA CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 1,166 WEEK TO DATE: 31,718 STEERS 841 203.00-205.00 203.00-205.00 204.02 HE...
2 Mar 2018
DTN Early Word Opening Livestock 03/02 08:37 Late-Week Meat Futures Likely to Open With Mixed Prices Look for the cattle complex to open on a mixed basis thanks to residual selling on one hand and short-covering on the other. Lean hog futures should also see uneven price action in the early rounds, tied to follow-through selling and pre-weekend pro...
1 Mar 2018
DTN Chart Technical Points 03/01 16:30 DTN FUTURES 10 3/01/18 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 MAR 505.50 478.19 463.39 459.17 443.33 81.83 75.79 67.14 94 83 85 69 CBTWT MAY 515.50 490.06 475.81 471.74 456.16 80.79 74.84 66.57 92 82 84 7...
1 Mar 2018
DTN Closing Livestock Comment 03/01 15:48 Hog Futures Roll Further Down the Hill Lean hog contracts slipped to new lows again, pressured by follow-through selling and ongoing supply concerns. The cattle complex settled on a mixed basis thanks to a slow combination of residual selling and profit-taking. By John Harrington DTN Livestock Analyst GENER...