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U.S. livestock: Beef price retreat pares CME live cattle gains

Dec. 4, 2015 at 3:08 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Friday finished in negative territory for a third day in a row after weak wholesale beef values erased initial short-covering gains, traders said. Spot December closed 1.425 cents lower at 124.275 cents/lb., and marked a new contract low of […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle fall again with cash prices

Dec. 3, 2015 at 3:51 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

Klassen: Feeder cattle stabilize near annual lows

Dec. 2, 2015 at 8:42 pm CST

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slump limit down

Dec. 2, 2015 at 3:40 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Cattle fall most in two weeks on dry Plains forecast

Nov. 30, 2015 at 6:11 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cattle up for week, first time since October

Nov. 27, 2015 at 6:10 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures edged higher on Friday, capping their first weekly gain in five weeks as wintry weather across the central U.S. slowed the movement of cattle to market. Storms from New Mexico to Illinois that brought ice, snow and pounding rain caused […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs hit three-week high as cash prices stabilize

Nov. 25, 2015 at 5:52 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures jumped as much as two per cent on Wednesday, lifted by stabilizing cash prices and ideas the market may have bottomed out after hitting six-year lows earlier this month. Live cattle futures and feeder cattle also were higher in light-volume trading at […]

By Michael Hirtzer

Klassen: Weaker fed cattle pressure feeder market

Nov. 24, 2015 at 8:09 pm CST

Alan Paton stated when men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it. The feeder cattle market is contending with a negative round of feeding margins over the next few months, which continues to result in weaker values. Western Canadian feeder cattle prices […]

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Cattle ease on profit-taking after one-week highs

Nov. 24, 2015 at 6:51 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle and feeder cattle futures fell as much as 1.8 per cent on Tuesday as investors took profits after prices hit a one-week high in the previous session, traders and analysts said. A government report on Monday showing bigger beef supplies than a year […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle snap back ahead of holiday

Nov. 23, 2015 at 5:48 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts ended up sharply on Monday, driven by active short-covering as some investors prepare for Thanksgiving holiday vacations, traders said. “Some of these guys are so frustrated with market volatility and uncertainty that they’re looking forward to some time off,” a […]

By Theopolis Waters