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Last week was a choppy trade in the cattle markets, will that extend into this week’s trade? Lean hogs saw heavy selling in the back half of last week’s trade, more long liquidation to come?

Live Cattle

Technicals (June-M)

June live cattle were on a roller-coaster last week, gapping higher last Monday, selling off hard Thursday morning, then rallying back to achieve a high close for the week, which happened to be right in our 4-star resistance pocket, 178.45-178.80. If the Bulls can keep the momentum going and close above this pocket, we could see an extension towards our next resistance pocket from 179.825-180.75.

Resistance: 178.45-178.80*, 179.825-180.75

Pivot: 172.90-173.425

Support: 169.00-170.00***

Feeder Cattle

Technicals (August – Q)
August feeder cattle filled the gap from last Monday, in Thursday’s trade and proceeded to rally following that and into Friday’s trade. We expect a choppy trade in this week’s trade too. Signfiicant resistance comes in from 263.325-264.875. This is a wider pocket that we would like to use but as you can see from the chart, there are a lot of previously important price points in that pocket. On the support side, 254.025-255.00 is the pocket to watch. Near the middle of that range, it’s cloudy in terms of conviction on short term direction.

Resistance: 263.325-264.875****

Pivot: 258.00-258.50

Support: 254.025-255.00****

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