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U.S. livestock: Cattle ease on profit-taking after one-week highs

Nov. 24, 2015 at 6:51 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle and feeder cattle futures fell as much as 1.8 per cent on Tuesday as investors took profits after prices hit a one-week high in the previous session, traders and analysts said. A government report on Monday showing bigger beef supplies than a year […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle snap back ahead of holiday

Nov. 23, 2015 at 5:48 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. feedlot cattle placements hit nearly 20-year low

Nov. 20, 2015 at 6:07 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Lower beef quote undermines CME live cattle

Nov. 19, 2015 at 4:48 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

Australia blocks foreign firm’s deal for largest farm owner

Nov. 19, 2015 at 1:24 pm CST

By Colin Packham Lincoln Feast

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle extend gains

Nov. 18, 2015 at 5:54 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher for a second day in a row Wednesday, helped by more short-covering as expectations improved regarding cash prices later this week, traders said. Spot December finished at 130.975 cents/lb., up 2.95 cents, and February 2.55 cents higher at […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle finish strong after wild ride

Nov. 17, 2015 at 7:08 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts closed higher on Tuesday amid massive short-covering spurred by higher wholesale beef values that overcame selling led by lower cash price expectations for later this week, traders said. Spot December finished at 128.025 cents/lb., up 0.35 cent, and February 0.925 […]

By Theopolis Waters

Klassen: Feedlots curb buying interest

Nov. 16, 2015 at 7:42 pm CST

Despair is the price one pays for setting an impossible aim. Given the phone calls over the past week, producers have been expecting something the market cannot offer. Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were under severe pressure, with 700-plus-pound cattle down $8-$12 from seven days earlier; calves under 700 lbs. […]

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle tumble limit down

Nov. 16, 2015 at 6:47 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished Monday’s session down by their three cents/lb. daily price limit after late Friday’s cash prices fell short of expectations, traders and analysts said. Spot December finished at 127.675 cents/lb., and February at 129.65 cents (all figures US$). Live cattle’s […]

By Theopolis Waters

El Nino strengthening, to be among biggest on record: WMO

Nov. 16, 2015 at 5:11 pm CST

Geneva | Reuters — The El Nino weather pattern, a phenomenon associated with extreme droughts, storms and floods, is expected to strengthen before the end of the year and become one of the strongest on record, the United Nations’ weather agency said Monday. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said this […]

By Tom Miles