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U.S. livestock: CME hogs break five-day stretch of two-year lows

Jan. 26, 2015 at 5:36 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs ended higher on Monday on short-covering, and the wholesale pork price bounce that helped snap futures’ five-day streak of two-year lows, traders said. February closed 1.525 cents per pound higher at 70.825 cents, and April up two cents, to 72.65 cents […]

December U.S. cattle placements slowed more than anticipated

Jan. 23, 2015 at 4:59 pm CST

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures plunge before USDA report

Jan. 23, 2015 at 2:40 pm CST

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U.S. livestock: Cash price plunge sends CME hogs to another two-year low

Jan. 22, 2015 at 4:27 pm CST

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

Jan. 21, 2015 at 3:13 pm CST

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle resume downtrend, but off lows

Jan. 20, 2015 at 5:35 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed lower on Tuesday after skittish buyers and fund liquidation wiped out Friday’s modest gains that briefly halted an eight-day losing skid, traders said. February live cattle closed down 1.4 cents per pound, to 153.05 cents, and April ended 1.875 cents […]

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle snap eight-day losing skid

Jan. 16, 2015 at 6:03 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle posted modest gains on Friday on short-covering before Monday’s Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday that snapped an eight-day string of losses, traders said. The U.S. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday could result in roughly 5,000 fewer cattle and 30,000 less hogs […]

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U.S. livestock: More CME live cattle selling as cash prices plunge

Jan. 15, 2015 at 5:49 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle ended lower in volatile trade on Thursday, pressured by residual fund liquidation and the steep drop in cash prices, traders said. CME live cattle’s selloff extended losses to eight straight days. The February contract’s limit-down move on Tuesday delayed the “roll” […]

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U.S. livestock: Active fund selloff extends CME live cattle losses

Jan. 14, 2015 at 4:23 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle fell for a seventh straight session on Wednesday as funds liquidated positions in association with their yearly rebalancing of commodities, traders said. Funds involved in CME’s livestock markets that follow the Standard + Poor’s Goldman Sachs Commodity Index (S+P GSCI) sold, […]

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle tumble on more fund liquidation

Jan. 13, 2015 at 4:10 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle posted heavy losses on Tuesday after funds kept selling February long contracts while simultaneously rolling them into back months, traders said. Funds involved in CME’s livestock markets that follow the Standard + Poor’s Goldman Sachs Commodity Index (S+P GSCI) shifted their […]

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