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U.S. livestock: Live cattle set six-month high on fund buying, firm cash prices

Nov. 1, 2019 at 1:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. live cattle futures shot to a six-month high on Friday and feeder cattle reached their highest prices since May on fund buying and strength in the cash market, analysts said. Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) December live cattle settled up 2.3 cents at 119.525 cents per […]

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures retreat from multi-month highs

Oct. 31, 2019 at 12:30 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

No country immune to risk of African swine fever spreading: OIE

Oct. 31, 2019 at 9:26 am CDT

By Sybille De La Hamaide

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures jump on fund-driven buying

Oct. 30, 2019 at 2:05 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Live hogs slump on U.S.-China trade uncertainty, cattle continue rally

Oct. 29, 2019 at 4:40 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: Live cattle continue to rally on strong cash prices, fund buying

Oct. 28, 2019 at 2:30 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. live cattle futures extended their rally on Monday, lifted by strong cash cattle and beef prices, and funds continuing to add to their positions, traders said. The wholesale choice beef price hit $227.51 per cwt on Monday, up $2.07, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said. The […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: Live cattle rally to 5-1/2 month peak on firm cash cattle, beef prices

Oct. 25, 2019 at 2:10 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. live cattle futures stretched to 5-1/2-month highs on Friday, lifted by strong cash cattle and beef prices and positioning ahead of a monthly cattle supply report. Cash cattle at southern U.S. Plains feedlot markets traded around $110 per cwt or more this week, up from […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs sink on weak cash market

Oct. 24, 2019 at 5:08 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. lean hog futures fell for the sixth time in seven sessions on Thursday, pressured by weak cash hog prices and disappointing export data that showed minimal new sales of U.S. pork to China. Ample supplies of hogs and higher average slaughter weights have swelled pork […]

By Karl Plume

Tyson bans ractopamine from its U.S. hog supply

Oct. 17, 2019 at 5:24 pm CDT

Reuters — Tyson Foods in February will stop buying U.S. hogs raised with a growth drug banned by China, the company said on Thursday, as global meat suppliers seek an edge in boosting sales to Chinese buyers facing a huge pork shortage due to an outbreak of a fatal pig […]

By Tom Polansek

JBS USA to produce pork without ractopamine

Oct. 4, 2019 at 7:19 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — JBS USA will remove a growth drug banned by Beijing from its U.S. hog supply, the company said on Friday, accelerating the competition for pork exports as China grapples with a devastating pig disease. The meat packer’s move away from the drug ractopamine, a feed additive, […]

By Tom Polansek