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Feeder Cattle

Product Overview

Feeder Cattle futures provide a way to:

  • Engage in price discovery for cattle to be placed in feedyards for fattening
  • Participate in a market in which prices are influenced by factors that affect both feedgrain and feeder cattle prices
  • Effectively manage the price risk that merchandisers, producers, processors and others have related to the purchase or sale of feeder cattle
  • Evaluate or reflect on both the current and future supply and demand situation for feeder cattle, other meats and feedgrains
  • Trade to hedge or speculate based on expectations of directional price, spread movement or volatility in feeder cattle

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General News & Announcements for Agricultural Commodity
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Education Series: Using Options to Hedge Commodity Price Risk

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Trade Unit 50,000 pounds
Settle Method Cash Settled
Point Size 1 point = .0001 cents per pound = $5.00
Strike Price Interval
Strike
Limits/Price Banding See Floor Venue limits.
Tick Size (Minimum Fluctuation)
Regular0.00025/lb=$12.50
Trading Hours Mon-Thurs 9:05 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Shutdown period from 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Friday Close 1:30 p.m.
Listed
Product Codes Clearing=62 Ticker=FC GLOBEX=GF
Minimum Block Size
Product Calendar Jan, Mar, Apr, May, Aug, Sep, Oct and Nov. Eight months listed.
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Trade Unit 50,000 pounds
Settle Method Cash Settled
Point (Tick) Size 1 point = .0001 cents per pound = $5.00
Strike Price Interval
Strike
Limits/Price Banding $.030/lb, $1500.
Minimum Fluctuation
Regular0.00025/lb=$12.50
Trading Hours 9:05 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Listed
Product Codes Clearing=62 Ticker=FC GLOBEX=GF
Minimum Block Size
Product Calendar Jan, Mar, Apr, May, Aug, Sep, Oct and Nov. Eight months listed.
View current product listings
General News & Announcements for Agricultural Commodity
RSS

Education Series: Using Options to Hedge Commodity Price Risk

Webinars begin Thursday, August 7, 2008. In-person days are August 14 and 15, 2008.


An Introduction to Grain Calendar and Basis Swaps

Learn how cleared OTC agricultural swaps can be of use in today’s volatile commodity markets


Price Limit Update

Get details on price limit increases for CME Group Grain and Oilseed products.

Market Regulation Advisory


Contracts Currently Eligible to Trade and Recently Expired Contracts
Contract Month Product Code First Trade Date Last Trade Date Settlement Date
SEP08 FCU08 09/28/2007 Add to Outlook 09/25/2008 09/26/2008
OCT08 FCV08 10/26/2007 Add to Outlook 10/30/2008 10/31/2008
NOV08 FCX08 11/16/2007 Add to Outlook 11/20/2008 11/21/2008
JAN09 FCF09 02/01/2008 Add to Outlook 01/29/2009 01/30/2009
MAR09 FCH09 03/24/2008 Add to Outlook 03/26/2009 03/27/2009
APR09 FCJ09 04/25/2008 Add to Outlook 04/30/2009 05/01/2009
MAY09 FCK09 05/23/2008 Add to Outlook 05/21/2009 05/22/2009
AUG09 FCQ09 08/29/2008 Add to Outlook 08/27/2009 08/28/2009
Contracts Not Yet Eligible to Trade
Contract Month Product Code First Trade Date Last Trade Date> Settlement Date
SEP09 FCU09 09/26/2008 09/24/2009 09/25/2009
General News & Announcements for Agricultural Commodity
RSS

Education Series: Using Options to Hedge Commodity Price Risk

Webinars begin Thursday, August 7, 2008. In-person days are August 14 and 15, 2008.


An Introduction to Grain Calendar and Basis Swaps

Learn how cleared OTC agricultural swaps can be of use in today’s volatile commodity markets


Price Limit Update

Get details on price limit increases for CME Group Grain and Oilseed products.

Market Regulation Advisory