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Producers Livestock offers livestock sourcing and marketing, commodities trading and hedging and loans and credit facilities to farmers and processors in the Midwestern US and Central Plains.
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6/13/2025 Market Commentary
Live Cattle: For the first time in nine weeks cash cattle did not trade higher. Cash trade this week will be called steady. 235 in the South was fully steady with the high end of their trade last week and $5 higher than the averages. The North traded mostly at 240 this week which is the same as the bulk of the trade a week ago but we did not see the outside bids of 242-243 this week. Uncertainty within the equity markets weighed on the futures this morning as Israel attacking Iran overnight caused global unrest and uncertainty. A steady cash market for the first time in over two months has also cooled off the futures market that had been posting new contract highs every week. Open interest continued to decline throughout the complex over the course of the week on what appears to be fund long liquidation.
Feeder Cattle: Feeder Cattle futures quickly erased $8/cwt over the course of three days as uncertainty has entered the market. The CME Feeder Cattle index has yet to back off as cash feeders remain high. The index typically lags the futures action by a few days as it takes some time for lower futures prices to create lower the bids in sale barns and then get factored into the index. The funds continue to hold a record long feeder position and this adds to the volatility as outside factors weigh on the market. There has not been much technical damage done to the Feeder Cattle charts to this point. The fast run up left little for support areas on the way down, and we have not reached those levels yet.
Lean Hogs: The pork cutout continues with its positive momentum with the morning cutout being up $2.93 at $117.43 a large climb from $97 only a month ago. With June expiring today and July now becoming the lead month, it had the largest gain today closing up $0.57 at $109.47, the rest of the deferred months held steady. The weekly export sales came in at only 10K tonnes sold, where Mexico was showing a net cancelation of 1K tonne. Thursday’s WASDE report revised exports downward by 110 million pounds, which now forecasts exports for 2025 to be -2.3% compared to last year.
Corn: With the news of overnight unrest in the Middle East, oil futures reacted positively to the news. However, corn did not see the positive bump to this news as July finished only up $0.06, unlike the bean nearby contract closing up $0.26. Yesterday’s WASDE report was as expected with no real surprises. They increased corn exports by 50 mbu and carried that over to a smaller new crop carryout of 1.75 bbu. This news wasn’t enough to cause any real market reaction.
Closing Prices
Dates to Remember
June 13- June Lean Hog Expiration
June 20- Cattle on Feed Report
Hog Fundamentals
Cattle Fundamentals
Cash Cattle Markets
CFTC Disaggregated COT Report
As of: 6/3/2025
Live Cattle Markets
August Live Cattle finished the week lower and right on support lines. Support is at the 20-day MA of 212.125. Resistance is at the contract high of 220.050.
Feeder Cattle Markets
August Feeder Cattle finished the week sharply lower but held most technical levels. Support is at 304.375 and then the 20-day MA of 303.050. Resistance is at the contract high of 314.200.
Lean Hogs Markets
July Lean Hogs posted another contract high and that is resistance at 109.625. Support is at the 20-day MA of 105.000.
Corn Markets
July Corn tested the 20-day MA this morning but could not trade through that level. Resistance is at the 20-day MA of 446. Support is at this week’s low of 429 1/4.
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