http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-news/markets/commentary/schwieterman RSS Feed for Schwieterman en-us Thu, 10 May 2012 13:58:40 GMT http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-news/markets/commentary/schwieterman/Schwieterman-Cattle-futures-recover-from-early-weakness-150938805.html Feeder cattle futures closed mixed on Wednesday, with good recovery in all but the lead May contract. http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-news/markets/commentary/schwieterman/Schwieterman-Stronger-dollar-raises-concerns-over-beef-exports-150763275.html Live cattle futures closed moderately lower on Tuesday, with Monday’s lows holding and the market settling in the middle of the day’s trading range. http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-news/markets/commentary/schwieterman/Schwieterman-Feeder-cattle-futures-rally-higher-150591705.html Feeder cattle futures closed sharply higher in all but the May contract, which posted modest gains. The rally appeared to be technically inspired, as outside market influences were mostly negative. http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-news/markets/commentary/schwieterman/Schwieterman-Outside-market-influences-limit-cattle-market-150423415.html Cash trade saw another successful week, with steady to $2 higher cash paid Friday afternoon. http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-news/markets/commentary/schwieterman/Schwieterman-Next-weeks-USDA-report-could-bring-surprises-150233495.html The feeder cattle bottomed in early April, but it took until Thursday for me to be convinced that the June live cattle found a low. http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-news/markets/commentary/schwieterman/Schwieterman-Feeder-cattle-limit-higher-with-strong-beef-exports-150160045.html Feeder cattle futures closed mostly limit higher on Thursday. New buyers and short covering were seen, as traders showed their support for the weekly beef export number and news that the calf of the BSE cow tested negative. http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-news/markets/commentary/schwieterman/Schwieterman-USDA-underestimates-corn-exports-150000185.html Feeder cattle futures closed narrowly mixed on Wednesday and are expected to see similar early trade this morning. http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-news/markets/commentary/schwieterman/Schwieterman-Late-rally-takes-cattle-futures-higher-149650605.html Feeder cattle posted strong triple digit gains on Monday, taking out the previous three day’s highs and testing trend line resistance. Strong corn prices on Friday and Monday have done little to detour the feeder recovery. http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-news/markets/commentary/schwieterman/Schwieterman-Good-demand-tight-supplies-as-China-buys-corn-149303985.html There were several interesting developments in the markets this week. First of all the natural gas market moved higher for the first time in ages. http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-news/markets/commentary/schwieterman/Schwieterman-Beef-exports-continue-following-BSE-case-149048575.html Most feeder cattle contracts recovered about a third of Tuesday’s limit losses on Wednesday. Softer corn values and the inability of the sellers to push fats to new lows gave support to the feeders.