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U.S. livestock: Bargain hunters send CME live cattle, feeders limit up

Sep. 25, 2015 at 5:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Friday closed up their three-cents-per-pound daily price limit, ignited by active short-covering and bargain hunting after contracts recently tumbled to two-year lows, traders said. Spot-October and December finished at 133.7 and 137 cents/lb., respectively (all figures US$). Live cattle’s […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle again sink to two-year bottom

Sep. 24, 2015 at 4:33 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

duBreton to boost output of crate-free pigs

Sep. 24, 2015 at 2:12 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle plunge limit down to two-year low

Sep. 23, 2015 at 3:08 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle grind to 16-month low

Sep. 22, 2015 at 4:02 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Bargain hunting, USDA report boost CME live cattle

Sep. 21, 2015 at 4:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished higher on Monday, fueled by bargain hunting and short-covering following a four-day losing streak, traders said. Spot-October closed one cent per pound higher at 137 cents, and December ended up 1.375 cents, to 139.75. Traders said CME live cattle […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle repeat lows before USDA report

Sep. 18, 2015 at 7:07 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Friday sank to new contract lows, and hit their lowest in 16 months, for a third consecutive session, pressured by lackluster wholesale beef demand, traders said. Investors exercised caution before the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle on Feed […]

By Theopolis Waters

McDonald’s investor wants it to cut antibiotics in all meats

Sep. 18, 2015 at 1:28 pm CDT

Los Angeles | Reuters –– A McDonald’s Corp. shareholder group is renewing its call for the fast-food chain to stop buying any meat from animals raised with antibiotics vital to fighting human infections. The move from the Congregation of Benedictine Sisters of Boerne, Texas, comes amid growing concern from public […]

By Lisa Baertlein

NAFTA countries debate COOL harm at WTO

Sep. 17, 2015 at 8:43 pm CDT

Canada and Mexico have made their case before a World Trade Organization arbitration panel on how much tariff revenge they’re allowed to impose on U.S. goods over country-of-origin labelling (COOL). The WTO “has ruled four times that the U.S.’s COOL rules are discriminatory,” Canadian Pork Council chairman Rick Bergmann said […]

By Staff

U.S. livestock: CME live, feeder cattle ease to 16-month low

Sep. 17, 2015 at 6:11 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Thursday hit a 16-month bottom, falling to contract lows for a second straight session, on lower wholesale beef values and further cash price weakness, traders said. Spot-October closed 0.75 cent/lb. lower at 136.85 cents, and earlier marked a contract […]

By Theopolis Waters