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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rebound with beef prices

Oct. 22, 2014 at 2:46 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Wednesday erased Tuesday’s losses, aided by short-covering and the upswing in wholesale beef prices, traders said. October closed up 1.5 cents, to 168.05 cents per pound, and December was 1.05 cents higher at 168.1 cents/lb. (all figures US$). Wednesday […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slide from record high on profit-taking

Oct. 21, 2014 at 6:06 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Fund buying lifts CME live cattle to new high

Oct. 20, 2014 at 7:30 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Revised U.S. COOL law still breaks trade rules, WTO panel finds

Oct. 20, 2014 at 1:09 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle close weak; hogs higher

Oct. 17, 2014 at 5:11 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs limit-down as stock market slides

Oct. 15, 2014 at 4:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs on Wednesday closed down their three-cent-per-pound maximum daily price limit led by Wall Street’s more than two per cent fall, traders and analysts said. U.S. stocks dropped on Wednesday as economic data buttressed worries over the health of the world economy […]

By Theopolis Waters

Staff, hog shortages leave Canada’s pork industry squealing

Oct. 14, 2014 at 5:52 pm CDT

Winnipeg/Chicago | Reuters — Shortages of hogs and packing plant workers in Canada, exacerbated by recent government restrictions, may severely cut hog processing and pork exports, helping to keep North American retail pork prices near record highs. Farmers in Canada, the world’s third-biggest pork shipper, are also bracing for the […]

By Rod Nickel Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle plunge limit-down

Oct. 14, 2014 at 3:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle contracts closed down the maximum three-cents-per-pound daily price limit as live cattle contracts slid and corn prices climbed, traders said. Expensive feed could increase input costs for feedlot operators. “Today you’ve got the combination of lower cattle and higher corn […]

By Theopolis Waters

CFIA reviewing reports of abuse at Alta. hog assembly yard

Oct. 11, 2014 at 1:51 am CDT

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency plans to review claims of abuse of hogs at an Alberta hog stockyard, as footage purported to show the alleged incidents makes its way toward network TV. The CTV program W5 is scheduled to air a segment Saturday night (Oct. 11) featuring hidden-camera footage supplied […]

By Staff

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end mostly lower as stocks slide

Oct. 10, 2014 at 5:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts slumped on Friday, pressured by triple-digit Wall Street losses and a firmer U.S. dollar, traders said. U.S. stocks fell on Friday, with the tech sector weighing the most after a chip maker warned of a major pullback in the […]

By Theopolis Waters