Will Live Cattle Ever Fill the GapFriday’s Slaughter is estimated at 125,000. 4,000 more than last week, and 4,000 more than the same week last year.
Friday’s Cutout Values
Choice: 267.89, Down .18 from the previous day.
Select: 241.85, Down .73 from the previous day.
Choice/Select Spread: 26.04
5 Area Average Cattle Price
Live Steer:144.37
Live Heifer: 141.69
Dressed Steer: 232.30
Dressed Heifer: 232.23
Live Cattle
Commitments of Traders Update: Friday’s Commitments of Traders report showed Managed Money were net sellers of 9,968 futures/options, through July 5th. The Bulk of this was new short positions, 7,162. This shrinks their net long position to 14,297.
Technicals: For the week ending July 8th, August live cattle were down .65. The market continues to chop around in the middle of the range over the last two months. Recently, major moving averages have been a roadblock for the Bull camp. Today, those come in at 135.425 (200 day moving average) and 135.95 (100 day moving average). We remain stubbornly optimistic that we can work back out above these levels and potentially make another run at filling the April 25th gap.
Resistance: 135.40-136.05***, 137.95-138.75***, 140.275**
Pivot: 134.40
Support: 132.45-132.775***, 129.975-130.725****
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