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20 Apr 2018
DTN Early Word Opening Livestock 04/20 05:59 Lean Hog Contract Likely to Open Higher Look for hog futures to open significantly higher, supported by impressive cash strength and technical buying. The cattle complex seem set to open on a mixed basis, linked to both follow-through selling and short-covering. By John Harrington DTN Analyst Cattle: Ste...
19 Apr 2018
DTN Closing Livestock Comment 04/19 16:08 Beef Futures Reverse to Bearish Tune of Triple Digits After opening higher on signs of greater packer spending in the country, live cattle futures turned over near midsession and closed with triple-digit losses. Lean hog contracts settled moderately lower for the most part, checked by profit-taking and spil...
19 Apr 2018
DTN Chart Technical Points 04/19 16:30 DTN FUTURES 10 4/19/18 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 476.75 470.13 478.22 466.68 473.66 55.19 53.61 52.47 45 25 55 64 CBTWT JUL 490.75 485.13 494.08 483.13 489.52 53.49 52.57 52.17 39 23 52 6...
19 Apr 2018
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 04/19 11:55 Strong Losses Develop in Cattle Futures Despite the development of higher cash cattle trade through the southern regions of cattle country, aggressive midday losses have developed in futures markets. This push lower is causing some additional widespread market pressure in all cattle contracts. By Rick Kment...
19 Apr 2018
USDA MARKET NEWS--AFTERNOON CATTLE REPORT 04/19/18 VOLUME USDA TOTAL RANGE DTN PRACTICAL RANGE WT AVG KANSAS CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 15,159 WEEK T0 DATE: 15,271 STEERS 6,865 120.00-122.00 121.00-122.00 121.86 HEIFERS 6,066 119.00-122.00 121.00-122.00 121.62 NEBRASKA CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 1,544 WEEK TO DATE: 15,762 STEERS 215 192.00-19...