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3 Aug 2017
DTN Closing Livestock Comment 08/03 15:31 Cattle Futures Follow up Wednesday's Rally With Moderate Gains The cattle complex closed moderately higher, supported by follow-through buying and recent cash premiums. Lean hog futures finished with mixed prices with 2017 contracts generally losing ground to 2018 issues. By John Harrington DTN Livestock An...
3 Aug 2017
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 08/03 12:11 Hog Futures Post Moderate Losses at Midday Lean hog contracts are lower near the top of the noon hour with specs and commercials pulling back from yesterday's rally. Choppy action is again evident in the cattle complex with mixed prices at midday. By John Harrington DTN Livestock Analyst GENERAL COMMENTS: B...
3 Aug 2017
USDA MARKET NEWS--AFTERNOON CATTLE REPORT 08/03/17 VOLUME USDA TOTAL RANGE DTN PRACTICAL RANGE WT AVG KANSAS CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 997 WEEK T0 DATE: 16,730 STEERS 518 117.00-119.00 117.00-119.00 117.37 HEIFERS 479 117.00-119.00 117.00-119.00 117.53 NEBRASKA CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 1,895 WEEK TO DATE: 28,282 STEERS 40 188.00-188.00 188...
3 Aug 2017
DTN Early Word Opening Livestock 08/03 06:03 Meat Futures Geared to Open With Firm Undertone Look for the cattle complex to open at least moderately lower, supported by follow-through buying and further short-covering. Lean hog issues are also likely to begin with a firm undertone thanks to residual buying and cash premiums. By John Harrington DTN ...
2 Aug 2017
DTN Closing Livestock Comment 08/02 16:24 Bulls Play Last Card in Extremely Choppy Cattle Game, Finally Scoring Sharp Gains Live and feeder cattle futures settled sharply lower thanks to late short-covering and signs of cash stability. Lean hog contracts also closed with impressive gains, supported by short-covering and bull-spreading. By John Harr...