cattle futures
Beef market bets
Cattle futures are contracts to buy or sell cattle at a predetermined price on a future date.
Traded on commodities exchanges, they allow ranchers to lock in prices and speculators to bet on market movements.
He lost a fortune in cattle futures.
Live cattle and feeder cattle are the two main contract types.
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- price volatilityRate of cost fluctuation
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