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    USDA Cattle On Feed Report

    Monday, July 27, 2015 - 7:31am

    Friday's U.S. Department of Agriculture's cattle inventory report, released after the livestock futures closed on Friday, showed about 1.481 million cattle entered U.S. feedlots (placements) as of July 1, up 1 percent versus a year ago. The beef cow herd was 30.5 million head up 2.5...

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    Live Cattle Lower

    Thursday, July 23, 2015 - 2:11pm

    Thursday's USDA cattle slaughter was 109,000 head versus a year ago at 115,000 head. August Cattle was trading at 143.40 down, 1.10. October Live Cattle was trading at 144.65, down 1.80. December Live Cattle was trading at 147.47, down 1.50. The USDA Monthly Cattle on Feed Report is due out Friday...

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    Live Cattle Little Changed

    Thursday, July 23, 2015 - 9:30am

    August Cattle is trading at 144.07, up 0.07. October Cattle is trading at 146.35, down 0.10 and December Cattle is trading at 148.62, down 0.35. Trading is choppy. Market chatter about soft cash markets has led to some early pressure. The USDA Monthly Cold Storage report showed stocks of frozen...

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    Live Cattle Moves Down

    Wednesday, July 22, 2015 - 2:10pm

    Wednesday's USDA cattle slaughter was 104,000 head versus a year ago at 114,000 head. August Cattle was trading at 144.60 down, 0.55 and October Live Cattle was trading at 146.52, down 0.75. December Live Cattle was trading at 149.00, down 0.77.

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    Live Cattle Little Changed

    Wednesday, July 22, 2015 - 9:09am

    August Cattle is trading at 144.07, down 0.17. October Cattle is trading at 147.07, down 0.20 and December Cattle is trading at 140.50, down 0.27. Trading is choppy. Market chatter about possible soft cash markets has led to some early pressure.

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    Live Cattle Sharply Lower

    Tuesday, July 21, 2015 - 2:12pm

    Tuesday's USDA cattle slaughter was 113,000 head versus a year ago at 114,000 head. August Cattle was trading at 145.20, down 1.50. October Live Cattle was trading at 147.37, down 1.65. December Live Cattle was trading at 149.85, down 1.30. The USDA is scheduled to release Cattle on Feed data on...

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    Live Cattle Moves Down

    Tuesday, July 21, 2015 - 10:31am

    August Cattle is trading at 145.85, down 0.90. October Cattle is trading at 148.07, down 0.97 and December Cattle is trading at 150.25, down 0.90. Trading is weak and choppy. Decreased imports and generally slow exports has led to some selling on rallies. Generally tight supplies has been...

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    Live Cattle Little Changed

    Tuesday, July 21, 2015 - 9:09am

    August Cattle is trading at 146.80, up 0.05. October Cattle is trading at 149.07, up 0.05 and December Cattle is trading at 151.15, unchanged on the day. Trading is expected to be choppy and rangebound with possible wide ranges on both sides of unchanged. Market chatter about possible better demand...

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    Live Cattle Futures Little Changed

    Monday, July 20, 2015 - 2:14pm

    Monday's USDA cattle slaughter was 110,000 head versus a year ago at 114,000 head. August Live Cattle was trading at 146.70, up 0.05 and October Cattle was trading at 148.95, down 0.17. December Live Cattle was trading at 151.00, down 0.22.

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    Live Cattle Little Changed

    Monday, July 20, 2015 - 10:20am

    August Live Cattle is trading at 146.77, up 0.10. October Live Cattle is trading at 149.27, up 0.15 and December Live Cattle is trading at 151.17, up 0.17. Trading is expected to be choppy and rangebound with possible wide ranges on both sides of unchanged.

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    Live Cattle Mixed

    Friday, July 17, 2015 - 2:28pm

    Friday's USDA cattle slaughter was 102,000 head versus a year ago at 113,000 head. August Live Cattle was trading at 146.80, up 0.30 and October Cattle was trading at 149.32, down 0.10. The USDA is scheduled to release Cattle on Feed data on Friday, July 24 at 3:00 p.m. ET.

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    Live Cattle Little Lower

    Friday, July 17, 2015 - 9:17am

    August Cattle is trading at 146.30, down 0.20. October Cattle is trading at 149.22, down 0.20 and December Cattle is trading at 151.17, down 0.22. Demand concerns continue to make the rounds. Trading is expected to be choppy and rangebound with possible wide ranges. The USDA reported that weekly U....

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    Live Cattle Lower

    Thursday, July 16, 2015 - 2:23pm

    Thursday's USDA cattle slaughter was 111,000 head versus a year ago at 118,000 head. Live cattle futures traded moderately lower on Thursday. August Live Cattle was trading at 146.40, down 0.62 and October Cattle was trading at 149.32, down 0.90.

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    Live Cattle Moves Down

    Thursday, July 16, 2015 - 11:12am

    August Cattle is trading at 146.40, down 0.62. October Cattle is trading at 149.35, down 0.87 and December Cattle is trading at 151.30, down 0.97. Demand concerns continue to make the rounds. Trading is expected to be choppy and rangebound with possible wide ranges on both sides of unchanged.

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    Live Cattle Little Changed

    Thursday, July 16, 2015 - 9:10am

    August Cattle is trading at 146.90, down 0.12 and October Cattle is trading at 149.97, down 0.25. Trading is expected to be choppy and rangebound with possible wide ranges on both sides of unchanged. Market chatter that Kansas bids for cash are near $147.00 to $145.00 is making the rounds.

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