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U.S. livestock: Bargain hunters reverse CME hog futures losses

Feb. 6, 2015 at 5:49 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs rallied on Friday, with some contracts up the three-cents-per-pound price limit, fueled by bargain hunting following futures’ plunge to a six-year low in the previous session, traders said. February closed 0.6 cent/lb. higher at 63.875 cents, while April and May ended […]

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures hit six-year low as supply woes persist

Feb. 5, 2015 at 6:13 pm CST

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U.S. livestock: Supply worries drop lean hogs to five-year low

Feb. 4, 2015 at 6:43 pm CST

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rebound with beef prices

Feb. 3, 2015 at 5:18 pm CST

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Aggressive herd expansion reverses shrinking U.S. cattle supply

Jan. 30, 2015 at 4:42 pm CST

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle post gains after wild ride

Jan. 30, 2015 at 3:12 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished higher on Friday after an up-and-down session, ultimately supported by short-covering and futures’ discounts to cash prices, traders said. February closed 1.325 cents per pound higher at 154.85 cents, and April up 1.775 cents, to 152.275 cents (all figures […]

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures slump, but off session lows

Jan. 29, 2015 at 5:04 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Thursday, pressured by profit taking before the last trading day of the month on Friday, traders said. Earlier, February and April triggered sell stops and fund liquidation after falling below the 10-day moving average of 152.95 cents […]

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U.S. livestock: CME hogs rally with biggest daily gain in four months

Jan. 28, 2015 at 3:58 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs closed sharply higher Wednesday on short-covering that earlier drove futures to their biggest one-day gain in four months at over two per cent. The electronic is currently trading and is up 1.8 per cent. February closed 2.1 cents per pound higher […]

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle see biggest daily rise in six months

Jan. 27, 2015 at 5:43 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle posted their biggest one-day percentage increase in six months on Tuesday, driven up over two per cent by bargain hunting, traders said. Speculative buying and short-covering helped boost nearby trading months to their three-cents-per-pound price limit, which will result in an […]

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California turkey farm quarantined after H5N8 detected

Jan. 26, 2015 at 7:18 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– A California turkey farm has been quarantined after confirmation of the first case of an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza strain in the Pacific Northwest, and in a commercial flock, the U.S. government said. The news on Saturday came just weeks after China […]

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