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17 Aug 2018
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 08/17 12:12 Hogs Maintain Firm Gains Despite limited trade seen in all livestock markets Friday, moderate to firm gains have held across lean hog trade with the focus on extending previous support is carried into the weekend. By Rick Kment DTN Analyst GENERAL COMMENTS: Firm follow-through gains are seen through lean ho...
17 Aug 2018
USDA MARKET NEWS--AFTERNOON CATTLE REPORT 08/17/18 VOLUME USDA TOTAL RANGE DTN PRACTICAL RANGE WT AVG KANSAS CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 1,634 WEEK T0 DATE: 1,669 STEERS 228 110.00-110.00 110.00-110.00 110.00 HEIFERS 418 109.00-110.00 109.00-110.00 109.63 NEBRASKA CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 24,411 WEEK TO DATE: 30,240 STEERS 6,823 171.00-174.0...
17 Aug 2018
DTN Early Word Opening Livestock 08/17 05:57 Lean Hog Paper Staged to Open Moderately Higher Look for hog futures to open moderately higher, supported by follow-through buying and oversold chart conditions. On the other hand, assume that cattle contracts will open on a mixed basis as traders position ahead of late-week cash business. By John Harrin...
16 Aug 2018
DTN Chart Technical Points 08/16 16:30 DTN FUTURES 10 8/16/18 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 SEP 542.25 537.44 552.64 548.28 517.95 49.72 52.19 52.88 21 14 47 61 CBTWT DEC 562.00 557.13 573.67 568.97 536.48 49.39 52.18 53.00 17 11 49 6...
16 Aug 2018
DTN Closing Livestock Comment 08/16 15:53 Lean Hog Futures Explode Higher Thanks to Renewed Hopes for US-China Talks Lean hog issues closed sharply higher with the first three months closing limit up. For the most part, the cattle complex settled moderately higher, supported by short-covering and spillover buying from lean hogs. By John Harrington ...