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Futures Contract Specifications
      
The live cattle contract specifications tell you how the live cattle futures trade, not how to trade to live cattle futures. Before you consider opening a commodity futures account, you should consult with a licensed commodities broker.

LIVE CATTLE FUTURES

Trade Unit

40,000 pounds

 

Point Descriptions

1 point = $.01 per hundred pounds = $4.00

 

Contract Listing

Nine (9) months in the Even Monthly Cycle: Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, Dec. 

 

Strike Price Interval

N/A

    

Product Code

Clearing=48Ticker=LCGLOBEX=LE 

   

Trading Venue

Floor

    

Hours

9:05 a.m.-1:00 p.m. LTD(12:00 p.m.)^ Listed 1.5 cents per pound ($600 per contract) (150 points) above or below the previous day's settlement price.

   

Strike

N/A

   

Limits

$.030/lb, $1200 See Rule 1502.A

   

Minimum Fluctuation

Regular 0.00025/lb=$10.00

Trading Venue

CME® Globex®

  

Hours

Mon-Thurs 9:05 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Shutdown period from 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Re-open 5:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Friday Close at 1:30p.m. LTD(12:10 p.m. If the LTD is on a day that the market closes early, then the time is 11:10 a.m.)^

  

Listed

N/A

   

Strike

N/A

  

Limits

See Floor Venue limits.

   

Minimum Fluctuation

Regular 0.00025/lb=$10.00

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