Insights and Stories of Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cattle climb on technical buying, demand optimism

Dec. 11, 2018 at 6:16 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures gained about one per cent on Tuesday, lifted by technical buying and optimism for the continued robust demand for cattle and beef, traders and analysts said. Cattle futures shrugged off three straight sessions of declines to rise to the highest […]

U.S. livestock: Live cattle, lean hogs mostly lower

Dec. 10, 2018 at 6:11 pm CST

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U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs gain in thin trading on demand optimism

Nov. 23, 2018 at 5:21 pm CST

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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rally after bullish USDA data

Nov. 21, 2018 at 6:55 pm CST

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U.S. livestock: Hogs fall after contract highs on profit-taking

Nov. 20, 2018 at 3:52 pm CST

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U.S. livestock: Hogs rise to contract highs on export optimism

Nov. 19, 2018 at 8:30 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures rose to life-of-contract highs on Monday, extending steep gains from last week on optimism for robust exports of U.S. pork due to the worsening African swine fever virus outbreak in China, traders said. China, the top world hog producer and pork consumer, […]

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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures drop most since June on weaker cash market

Nov. 9, 2018 at 4:35 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell more than 1 percent on Friday, sagging under pressure from lower wholesale beef prices and slightly weaker trades in cash cattle markets in the southern Plains, traders said. Front-month December live cattle settled 1.975 cents lower at 114.575 cents […]

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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures gain on technical buying; hogs lower

Nov. 8, 2018 at 5:24 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. cattle futures were narrowly higher on Thursday, buoyed by spreading and technical buying despite a downturn in wholesale beef prices, traders and analysts said. Live cattle futures climbed for the third straight session on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange as the market continued to claw back […]

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U.S. livestock: Hog futures rebound from 2-week low on short-covering

Nov. 7, 2018 at 4:40 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures were mostly higher on Wednesday, rebounding from an early two-week low on support from calendar spreading and short-covering, traders and analysts said. But excessive hog supplies and increased pork production made the market vulnerable to further declines, with weaker prices […]

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U.S. livestock: Hog futures tumble on ample supplies, weak cash market

Nov. 6, 2018 at 4:45 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago lean hog futures fell as much as 5 percent on Tuesday, under pressure from abundant supplies and weaker prices in the Midwestern cash hog market, traders and analysts said. Front-month December hog futures eased by the most since July, settling down the 3.000-cent daily price […]

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