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U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle touch new highs as supplies tighten

Jun. 10, 2014 at 4:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures on Tuesday hit a new high for a sixth straight session, driven by a shortage of calves for fattening after several years of drought in the U.S. hurt crops, traders said. However, sufficient grazing pastures now are allowing ranchers to […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end two per cent higher

Jun. 9, 2014 at 2:52 pm CDT

By Meredith Davis

Klassen: Feeder cattle outlook remains positive

Jun. 9, 2014 at 2:40 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs end higher, live cattle narrowly mixed

Jun. 6, 2014 at 4:15 pm CDT

By Meredith Davis

U.S. livestock: CME feeder, live cattle end higher on tight supplies

Jun. 5, 2014 at 5:33 pm CDT

By Meredith Davis

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs end lower on soft cash market, heavy weights

Jun. 4, 2014 at 8:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog contracts closed lower on Wednesday pressured by soft prices in the cash hog market as heavy weight hogs also dragged on futures, traders said. The front-month June contract traded at a premium to the CME lean hog index of 110.34, which […]

By Meredith Davis

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end up on beef demand

Jun. 3, 2014 at 4:46 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed higher on Tuesday as strong beef demand and expectations of higher prices in the cash market lent support, traders said. “When you have futures trading at a discount to the cash market, that usually creates a bullish situation,” Lane Broadbent, […]

By Meredith Davis

Korea likely to lift ban on Zilmax-fed beef in mid-July

Jun. 2, 2014 at 4:26 pm CDT

Seoul | Reuters — South Korea is likely to allow certain levels of the animal feed additive zilpaterol in beef from mid-July, a food ministry official said on Monday, delaying by one month the lifting of a ban on the growth enhancing drug. South Korea had said in April it […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle close mostly higher on spreads

Jun. 2, 2014 at 4:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed mostly higher on Monday after investors sold June futures and simultaneously bought deferred months in a trading strategy known as bear spreading, traders said. Weak wholesale beef prices further pressured the June contract, they said. Monday morning’s wholesale choice beef […]

By Theopolis Waters

Klassen: Weaker barley prices support feeder market

Jun. 1, 2014 at 2:51 am CDT

Western Canadian feeder cattle prices continue to percolate higher in the 750-pound-plus categories while lighter weight classes were steady with week-ago levels. Feedlot buying interest appeared to be more aggressive due to softer barley prices in southern Alberta. Earlier in May, barley traded up to $220 per tonne delivered Lethbridge […]

By Jerry Klassen