Market  Data Advisory Notices
To Market Data Distributors
From Market Data Operations
Subject Live Cattle Serial Futures Contracts Effective Monday, March 10, 2003.
Notice Date March 6, 2003
Notice Number Q2003-17
Effective Date  

On Monday, March 10, 2003, Live Cattle odd month futures contracts will be added to the existing futures contracts.

The odd month contracts will be listed approximately 120 days prior to expiration on the first business day of the calendar month, that is three months prior to the named serial contract month.  Using this listing cycle, there will be two odd (serial) futures contracts listed at all times (see table below).  The options and current serial options will remain unchanged, and the delivery periods will not overlap. 

The first new contract months to be listed will be May and July.

On June 1st, these months will be listed for trading:

On July 1st, these months will be listed for trading:

On Aug 1st , these months will be listed for trading:

On Sep 1st, these months will be listed for trading:

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Oct

Dec

Dec

Feb

Dec

Feb

Feb

Apr

Feb

Apr

Apr

Jun

Apr

Jun

Jun

Aug

Jun

Aug

Aug

Oct

 

Questions regarding this notice may be directed to:

Stacey Jurek
312-338-2088
sjurek@cme.com