Live cattle and lean hogs were under pressure in yesterday’s trade while feeder cattle continued to consolidate.

Live Cattle
Technicals (December – Z)
December live cattle traded on both sides of unchanged yesterday but finished the day at the lower end of that, which was in negative territory. Outside markets have stabilized from peak panic at the tail end of last week, that has so far not been able to offer much support to prices. Support remains intact from 183.40-184.10.
Resistance: 187.25-187.72***, 190.17***
Pivot: 186.00-186.27
Support: 183.40-184.10**, 181.925-182.20****

Seasonal Tendencies
Below is a look at historical seasonality’s (updated each Monday) VS today’s prices (black line).
*Past performance is not necessarily indicative of futures results.Â

Feeder Cattle
Technicals (November – X)
November feeder cattle futures continue to consolidate, likely building up energy for a move. There’s pretty stout support from 246.70-247.72, if the Bulls can defend that it could provide relief to the market, which has been under fire for the last month. On the resistance side, The Bulls want to get back out above 251.77-252.32 to encourage buyers to step back in.
Resistance: 257.47-258.45***, 262.07****
Pivot: 251.77-252.32
Support: 249.50-250.10**, 246.70-247.72***

Seasonal Tendencies
Below is a look at historical seasonality’s (updated each Monday) VS today’s prices (black line).
*Past performance is not necessarily indicative of futures results.

Lean Hogs
Technicals (December – Z)
December lean hogs were lower in yesterday’s trade, finishing the session near our pivot pocket from 70.77-70.90. The Bulls need to defend this pocket through today’s trade to keep the bottom from falling out. The next support pocket doesn’t come in until 67.32-67.80. On the resistance side of things, the 50 and 100 day moving averages are the lines in the sand to watch, coming in from 73.80-74.32.
Resistance: 74.00-74.500***, 77.70-78.10***
Pivot: 70.775-70.90
Support: 67.32-67.80**

Seasonal Tendencies
Below is a look at historical seasonality’s (updated each Monday) VS today’s prices (black line).
*Past performance is not necessarily indicative of futures results.
