The cattle crush allows livestock producers to gauge their upcoming crops and hedge price risks. The crush is a combination of feeder calves, feed corn and cattle ready for slaughter. It is used as a way to estimate profitability.
To Open a Cattle Crush Display
- Select Calculators / Cattle Crush from the Quotes menu on the Main Menu Bar.
To Change Underlying Symbols:
- Right click anywhere in the window.
- Select Sheet Properties…
- Select the Symbols tab
- Enter the symbol you would like to use in future Cattle Crush windows.
To Change which Contracts are used:
- Select the F2 Key on your keyboard to toggle on the context bar.
- Select the drop down next to the Commodity icon you want to change.
- From the drop down list, select the contract you want to use.
- In an un-maximized window, the contracts selected will be reflected in the window title.