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U.S. livestock: CME hog futures close higher but off session tops

May. 14, 2014 at 4:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures closed higher Wednesday in anticipation of tighter supplies linked to the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv), traders said. May hogs, which expired at noon CT, settled unchanged at 112.4 cents per pound (all figures US$). June ended 0.975 cent higher at […]

U.S. livestock: Cash price bounce sends CME hogs mostly higher

May. 13, 2014 at 4:46 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures end mixed as cash prices move lower

May. 12, 2014 at 5:33 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Klassen: Fresh historical highs sum up feeder market

May. 11, 2014 at 8:51 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Cheaper corn pushes CME feeder cattle to record high

May. 9, 2014 at 6:26 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

The more you know

May. 9, 2014 at 2:19 pm CDT

You may have heard me say this before, but I truly believe that the more you know, the more you know you don’t know. There is so much knowledge on so many topics that I overwhelm myself with information sometimes. Just when you think you have a grasp on a […]

By — Steve Kenyon

U.S. livestock: CME hogs end mixed as funds roll into new months

May. 8, 2014 at 4:10 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures closed mixed on Thursday as funds sold, or rolled, the June contract and bought deferred months, traders said. Funds trading in CME’s hogs and live cattle markets shifted June long positions further back in a procedure known as the “roll” by […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Fallen cash prices extend CME hogs’ losses

May. 7, 2014 at 4:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures fell on Wednesday for a seventh straight session, led by lower market-ready, or cash, hog prices, traders said. The morning’s hog price in Iowa/Minnesota fell $2.41 per hundredweight (cwt) from Tuesday to $111.72, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (all […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle hit all-time high as calf prices firm

May. 6, 2014 at 4:52 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures on Tuesday hit an all-time high, supported by firm prices for young calves, or feeder cattle, traders said. Feedlots are paying more for calves after years of drought in parts of the U.S. shrank the herd to a 63-year low. […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle sag on profit-taking

May. 5, 2014 at 4:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle finished lower on Monday, pressured by profit-taking that erased Friday’s gains pegged to steady-to-better market-ready or cash cattle prices, traders said. Monday was a day to evaluate this week’s cash cattle sales and subsequent wholesale beef prices, said Archer Financial Services […]

By Theopolis Waters