Recap Cattle Market Report
Fri 15 Feb 2013 15:13:14 CT
Related Keywords: Agriculture
April cattle closed 67 points higher on the session and managed to close 32 points higher on the week. The market was down as much as 72 points early in the session but held support and pushed higher on the day to trade up 50 on the day into the mid-session. Traders sense a low in the cash market this week as a steady tightening in supply is expected over the next several months. Low placements in the fall, a shift to a snowy outlook for feedlot regions for the next week and some stability in beef prices this week helped to support the more active buying today. May Feeder Cattle saw follow-through buying support from the key reversal yesterday to trade as much as 130 higher early today which helped to support the market as well before closing 72 higher on the day but 52 lower for the week. Traders see cash cattle trading better than $123.00 next week which is where cash moved to this week and was down $2.00 for the week. August cattle was slightly higher on the session as well and the higher trade is seen as a positive technical development after the market posted new contract low yesterday and also experienced a key reversal. Traders see smaller than normal slaughter on Monday for Presidents Day holiday. Last year, slaughter was 104,000 head on the holiday. Short-covering ahead of the 3-day holiday was seen as a positive factor. Slaughter came in below trade expectations at 110,000 head.

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