Cattle and Hog Futures Likely to Open on Mixed Basis
Summary: Live and feeder contracts should lack consistent price direction, lightly scrambled by residual buying on one hand and demand nervousness on the other. Hog futures are also geared for a mixed open as traders anxiously wait for better fundamentals to develop.By John Harrington DTN Livestock Analyst
Cattle: Cash Steady-$2 LR Futures: mixed Live Equiv $133.55 – 0.21* Hogs: Cash Steady Futures: mixed Lean Equiv $ 87.71 – 0.07**
* based on formula estimating live cattle equivalent of gross packer revenue ** based on formula estimating lean hog equivalent of gross packer revenue
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