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29 Aug 2017
DTN Early Word Opening Livestock 08/29 06:20 Livestock Futures Staged for Mixed Opening Expect live and feeder cattle futures to open moderately higher, supported by follow-through buying and short covering. On the other hand, lean hog contracts should start out generally lower thanks to residual selling interest and the stubborn pattern of defensi...
28 Aug 2017
DTN Closing Livestock Comment 08/28 16:56 Cattle Futures Blast Open the Week With Triple-Digit Gains With the lone exception of soon-to-expire spot August live, cattle futures closed sharply higher thanks to aggressive short covering and smaller than expected July placement activity. Conversely, lean hog futures continued to slump lower linked to f...
28 Aug 2017
DTN Chart Technical Points 08/28 16:30 DTN FUTURES 10 8/28/17 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 400.00 405.44 409.19 429.19 473.82 21.62 25.22 34.76 36 28 4 3 CBTWT DEC 428.00 431.94 436.00 456.25 498.62 20.85 24.82 34.96 35 26 4 3 KC...
28 Aug 2017
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 08/28 12:20 Cattle Futures Surge Higher Monday Triple-digit gains have flooded through the cattle complex early Monday morning with traders focusing on the lighter-than-expected placement numbers in Friday's cattle on feed report. This is helping to draw feeder cattle and live cattle buyers to the table. Hog markets re...
28 Aug 2017
DTN CATTLE PRICES/TRENDS 08/28 08:15 WEEKLY TOTALS REPORTED TO DTN FOR THE WEEK OF: 08/21-08/25 STATE HEAD SOLD LIVE PR RANGE DRESSED PR RANGE KS 3,000 107.00 . NE 2,200 107.00 170.00-172.00 TX 200 107.00 . CO 1,000 107.00 . IA 2,000 106.00 173.00 DTN COMMENTS: The country is quiet this morning with action limited to the distribution of new showlis...