Commodity price, positioning and supply
Feeder Cattle price, chart and market analysis
The latest completed close is 325.85 US cents per pound. The Trend Signal is inactive, Relative Strength is -23.1 and Market Dynamics is -1.26. This week is +1.5% through 4 completed sessions; across 20 sessions, price changed -6.4%.
Current market stateDefensive0 readings support the move; 4 do not
Completed close325.85US cents per pound · 3 Sep 2026
Session closed321.25Observed 3 Sep, 19:00
Relative strength-23.11versus commodity benchmark
Risk temperature66volatility percentile in own history
Feeder Cattle current setup
Feeder Cattle is trending downward, lagging the broad commodity market and showing negative Market Dynamics.
Shows the latest price direction and whether relative performance, market pressure, positioning and supply support it.Current market read
The latest completed close is 325.85 US cents per pound. The Trend Signal is inactive, Relative Strength is -23.1 and Market Dynamics is -1.26. This week is +1.5% through 4 completed sessions; across 20 sessions, price changed -6.4%.
Caution remains dominant. The setup improves when the main readings point the same way and weakens when they move apart.
Readings supporting the move80%
0 support the move · 4 do not
This week against the previous week
The completed path is accelerating this week.
Price is +1.54% across 4 completed sessions this week. The previous completed week returned -4.14%. The market is +1.14 percentage points versus its group this week.
This week1.54%4 completed sessions
Previous week-4.14%5 completed sessions
Daily balance2/2up / down sessions
Versus group1.14ppthis week's relative move
What supports the move, and what does not?
Green supports the current price path. Red works against it. Amber is not yet clear.
Where price sits against its two structural references
The close confirms direction. Trend is the active structural guide. Fair Value shows longer-run extension.
Fair Value358.18Trend339.19Close325.85
Vs Trend -3.9%Vs Fair Value -9.0%
Possible setup
Defensive or unconfirmed
Price and underlying pressure do not yet support a durable rise. Wait for the stated repair trigger rather than assuming the turn has begun.
- What would confirm it?
- A completed Trend Signal above the current Trend Line near 339.19 US cents per pound, backed by positive Market Dynamics.
- What would invalidate it?
- Renewed price weakness with Market Dynamics and relative strength both below zero.
- How should risk be treated?
- Use completed-session confirmation and allow for the normal volatility of this market; intraday movement alone does not change the report state.
No extreme positioning edge
Use the weekly change as confirmation, but let completed price structure and Market Dynamics determine direction.
Ranked 1 of 3 in Livestock
The market's 20-session move is -6.4% versus -8.5% for its group.
Live cattle is the clearest current confirmation market
The 52-week return correlation is +0.66. A matching move adds context; a divergence may indicate a relative-value move rather than a broad group signal. Current macro-factor relationships are weak, which points to a more market-specific setup.
Confirmation would favour trend continuation or a completed repair rather than an anticipatory entry.
The market stays on watch; patience preserves the edge because there is no need to force a direction.
The setup weakens and the defensive interpretation takes priority until a new completed repair develops.
Price path
Is the move supported beneath the surface?
Shows price direction, shorter-term pressure, the longer-term value reference and support beneath price.1 day2.16%
This week1.54%
Previous week-4.14%
5 days-2.37%
20 days-6.38%
1 year-10.00%
Vs Trend-3.93%directional extension
Vs Fair Value-9.03%longer-run extension
Is price holding an established direction?
The black line is the completed close. Trend changes colour as the structure strengthens, weakens or remains mixed. Fair Value is the slower reference.
CloseSupportive TrendMixed TrendWeakening TrendFair ValueCurrent week
Is the move gaining force or losing support?
Momentum describes speed. Market Dynamics describes support beneath price. Agreement is stronger evidence than either reading alone.
Momentum
Market Dynamics
Is Feeder Cattle leading or lagging the wider commodity market?
Above zero means the commodity is outperforming the broad benchmark. Below zero means it is lagging. A turn toward zero can reveal repair before outright leadership returns.
LeadingLaggingBenchmark
Did participation expand with the move?
Daily return bars show direction. The blue line compares volume with its recent normal level. Strong moves on rising participation deserve more attention than isolated low-volume changes.
Up sessionDown sessionVolume versus normal
Does the daily move fit the slower weekly structure?
One completed observation per week reduces daily noise. Use it to judge whether the current move is part of a durable path or only a short-term interruption.
Weekly closeSupportive TrendMixed TrendWeakening TrendFair Value
Price has not confirmed an upward Trend Signal
The completed close is -3.9% from the Trend Line. The 20-session path is -6.4%.
Underlying pressure remains cautious
Market Dynamics is -1.26 and changed +0.04 in the latest completed session.
Balanced
Managed-money exposure ranks at percentile 18 of its three-year history and changed -1.96 percentage points of open interest in the latest report.
Technical depth
Where is the pressure, and what could change next?
Aligned downward. Momentum is negative, the latest impulse is negative or fading, and directional evidence describes a strong directional trend.Price structureAligned downwardcompleted-session alignment
Momentum35.5Negative
Volatility1.6%percentile 63
Directional strength41.0Strong directional trend
Participation105%of typical session volume
ImpulseNegative or fadingmomentum spread versus signal
Historically adverse
Week 36 · median pressure -1.36% across the retained history.
1 Jan - 28 Jan
Median four-week pressure 5.19% with 100% directional agreement.
14 Oct - 10 Nov
Median four-week pressure -7.76% with 83% directional agreement.
Seasonal pressure
When has this market usually strengthened or weakened?
Median completed-week pressure with directional agreement across retained cycles. Seasonality is context, never a standalone forecast.
Turning-point anatomy
How have prior peaks and troughs developed?
Event-aligned paths show the typical approach to and resolution from retained turning points.
Price architecture
Trend and volatility envelope
Price location relative to adaptive trend references and its recent volatility envelope.
Momentum oscillator
RSI and stochastic pressure
Two independent oscillators show whether directional pressure is broadening, fading or becoming stretched.
Impulse
MACD expansion and rollover
The spread between faster and slower price pressure shows acceleration, deceleration and signal-line crossings.
Risk geometry
Range pressure and envelope width
Normalised true range and envelope width distinguish ordinary movement from volatility expansion.
Market participation
Volume pressure and cumulative balance
Current volume is compared with its recent norm while cumulative balance tracks whether activity accompanies rising or falling closes.
Trend quality
Directional movement and ADX
Directional movement separates upward and downward pressure; ADX measures trend strength without assigning direction.
Commitments of Traders
Is positioning confirming price, creating squeeze fuel, or warning of an unwind?
Trader groups are read separately. The useful information is how unusual exposure is, how it changed, and whether price is rewarding that positioning.Managed money net exposure is 4.7% of open interest and is currently classified balanced.
Managed-money longs fell while short positions increased.
The latest producer move is unusually large, but still needs price confirmation Its magnitude ranks at percentile 87 of retained weekly shifts. The strongest retained horizon is 4 weeks, with 80% directional alignment across 5 independent samples.
No material commercial-price separation Positioning becomes more useful when the price path and underlying pressure agree.
Managed-money and commercial net positioning
The upper chart shows each group's net position as a share of open interest. The lower chart shows participation and, where available, whether the largest traders dominate the market.
Managed money netProducer / merchant netOpen interest
What changed inside exposure?
Long liquidation and new short selling
Long exposure changed -1.02 percentage points of open interest; short exposure changed +0.44 points.
Long exposure added or removedShort exposure added or coveredNo change
Producer-shift interpretation
The latest producer move is unusually large, but still needs price confirmation
Its magnitude ranks at percentile 87 of retained weekly shifts. The strongest retained horizon is 4 weeks, with 80% directional alignment across 5 independent samples. The sample is too small and inconsistent to treat producer hedging as a forecast. Use it as a warning or confirmation layer beside price, never as the trade by itself.
- Independent cases
- 5
- Median market move
- 1.2%
- Moved with shift
- 80%
- Independent cases
- 5
- Median market move
- 3.9%
- Moved with shift
- 40%
- Independent cases
- 5
- Median market move
- 6.1%
- Moved with shift
- 40%
COT describes Tuesday positions and is normally published Friday. Producer and merchant positions mainly reflect business hedging; they are not treated as a single directional opinion. Contract rolls, classification changes and the publication delay all matter.
Supply and carry
Does the physical market support the price story?
The futures curve describes how the market prices time. Published balances describe the inventory cushion. Neither is allowed to overwrite completed price evidence.No validated curve
No comparable curve is available. Use price, risk and the other published market data instead.
No comparable balance
No synthetic inventory estimate is introduced. The absence is shown rather than filled with a weak proxy.
Demand agreement, not a standalone signal
When price, the curve and physical balances point the same way, the case has broader support. When they disagree, wait for the completed price trigger and treat the physical story as a question still being answered.
Completed-week risk path
Drawdown and volatility regime
Price retreat from its rolling high is paired with realised volatility to distinguish orderly repricing from unstable stress.
155 completed weeks
Drawdown from rolling highRealised volatility
Current drawdown-14.5%
Realised volatility14.6%
Volatility percentile68
Risk stateActive repricing
Relative value
Is Feeder Cattle moving on its own or as part of a wider trade?
Ratios compare one market with another; correlations show whether completed returns have tended to travel together. Both can change and neither proves causality.Live cattle is the clearest current confirmation market
The 52-week return correlation is +0.66. A matching move adds context; a divergence may indicate a relative-value move rather than a broad group signal. Current macro-factor relationships are weak, which points to a more market-specific setup.
Use related markets to confirm or challenge the thesis; do not use correlation alone as the entry trigger.No validated cross-commodity ratio currently includes this market. Its outright and group-relative evidence remains the active frame.
Livestock rotation
Twenty completed sessions show whether Feeder Cattle is leading or lagging its closest commodity peers.
Current cross-market checks
Live cattle0.66Strong positive · longer 0.67
Soybeans-0.41Inverse · longer -0.11
Wheat-0.36Inverse · longer -0.15
Soybean meal-0.29Weak or independent · longer -0.09
Corn-0.20Weak or independent · longer -0.08
Palladium0.16Weak or independent · longer 0.24
Heating oil / ULSD-0.15Weak or independent · longer -0.01
Coffee-0.15Weak or independent · longer 0.00
Related markets and listed routes
How can the futures read be checked or followed elsewhere?
Related commodities, macro factors and listed funds can confirm or challenge the thesis. They introduce different risks and are never assumed to track perfectly.Live cattle is the clearest current confirmation market
The 52-week return correlation is +0.66. A matching move adds context; a divergence may indicate a relative-value move rather than a broad group signal. Current macro-factor relationships are weak, which points to a more market-specific setup.
The instrument must confirm the research
No direct listed-fund route is retained for this commodity. Related producer shares add company, sector and broad equity risk.
Peer relationships
What tends to move with Feeder Cattle?
Recent and longer completed-week correlations are shown together to expose unstable assumptions.
Macro transmission
External pressures around the contract
These relationships are context; they cannot overwrite commodity-specific evidence.
High-yield spread-0.09longer -0.19 · beta -0.03
Financial conditions0.06longer -0.10 · beta -0.28
10-year yield-0.06longer 0.06 · beta 0.01
US dollar-0.04longer -0.02 · beta -0.06
Crude oil-0.03longer 0.07 · beta 0.02
2s10s curve-0.01longer 0.01 · beta 0.00
Momentum path
Is the move accelerating or losing urgency?
Positive and negative momentum are separated so acceleration and rollover are visible. Momentum describes the speed of the move; it does not replace the Trend or the confirmation conditions above.
Positive momentumNegative momentumNeutral
Feeder Cattle setup desk
So, what is the angle?
The research is reduced to a possible path, its confirmation and the evidence that would make the idea wrong. These are conditions to monitor, not instructions to trade.The current angle
Defensive or unconfirmed
Price and underlying pressure do not yet support a durable rise. Wait for the stated repair trigger rather than assuming the turn has begun.
What would make it actionable?
Wait for completed confirmation
A completed Trend Signal above the current Trend Line near 339.19 US cents per pound, backed by positive Market Dynamics.
What would make it wrong?
Respect the failure condition
Renewed price weakness with Market Dynamics and relative strength both below zero.
Evidence required to strengthen the case
A completed Trend Signal activation, accompanied by positive Market Dynamics, is the clearest repair confirmation. Relative strength also needs to recover above the commodity benchmark.
The clearest failure condition
Further relative-strength deterioration with persistently negative Market Dynamics would keep the defensive case dominant.
How to treat the current setup
Technical structure is aligned downward; timing should be judged against completed-session confirmation rather than an intraday move.
Risk treatmentUse completed-session confirmation and allow for the normal volatility of this market; intraday movement alone does not change the report state.
Open the full daily reportDownload the PDFOpen technicalsEvidence clocksCompleted price · 3 Sep 2026Technical desk · 2026-09-03Weekly research · 2026-08-28COT positioning · 2026-08-25Futures curve · Not availablePhysical balance · Not availableAt least one slower-moving specialist series is carried from its last validated release.
Completed prices, delayed observations, CFTC positioning, futures curves, published physical balances and historical relationships retain their own dates because they answer different questions. COT normally contains Tuesday positions published Friday. Physical estimates can be revised, curve structure can change and historical relationships can change sign. Research and education only; not financial advice.
The technical path remains defensive
Aligned downward. Counter-trend strength is lower quality until both price structure and underlying pressure improve.
Momentum is negative
The current reading is 35.5; the latest impulse is negative or fading. Acceleration supports follow-through; rollover warns that price is losing urgency.
Strong directional trend
Directional strength is 41.0. A range-led market favours confirmation and patience; a stronger directional read makes breakouts more dependable.
Volatility 1.6% · participation 105%
Volatility is percentile 63 and participation is of typical session volume. Wider movement argues for smaller risk and completed-session confirmation.