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U.S. livestock: Cash price plunge sends CME hogs to another two-year low

Jan. 22, 2015 at 4:27 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs drifted to a two-year low for a third straight session on Thursday, pressured by the steep drop in cash and wholesale pork prices, traders said. February closed 0.75 cent per pound lower at 71.6 cents, and April fell 1.35 cents, to […]

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

Jan. 21, 2015 at 3:13 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle resume downtrend, but off lows

Jan. 20, 2015 at 5:35 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

Klassen: Feeders trade $2 to $6 higher

Jan. 19, 2015 at 12:59 pm CST

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle snap eight-day losing skid

Jan. 16, 2015 at 6:03 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: More CME live cattle selling as cash prices plunge

Jan. 15, 2015 at 5:49 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle ended lower in volatile trade on Thursday, pressured by residual fund liquidation and the steep drop in cash prices, traders said. CME live cattle’s selloff extended losses to eight straight days. The February contract’s limit-down move on Tuesday delayed the “roll” […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Active fund selloff extends CME live cattle losses

Jan. 14, 2015 at 4:23 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle fell for a seventh straight session on Wednesday as funds liquidated positions in association with their yearly rebalancing of commodities, traders said. Funds involved in CME’s livestock markets that follow the Standard + Poor’s Goldman Sachs Commodity Index (S+P GSCI) sold, […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle tumble on more fund liquidation

Jan. 13, 2015 at 4:10 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle posted heavy losses on Tuesday after funds kept selling February long contracts while simultaneously rolling them into back months, traders said. Funds involved in CME’s livestock markets that follow the Standard + Poor’s Goldman Sachs Commodity Index (S+P GSCI) shifted their […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs slump to two-year low as funds roll positions

Jan. 12, 2015 at 3:52 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs sank to a two-year bottom on Monday as funds kept selling February contracts and rolling their long positions into back months, traders said. Funds involved in CME’s livestock markets that follow the Standard + Poor’s Goldman Sachs Commodity Index (S+P GSCI) […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: More fund sales drop CME live cattle limit-down

Jan. 9, 2015 at 6:04 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle nearby trading months closed down their three-cents-per-pound price limit on Friday, pressured by persistent fund liquidation as part of their yearly rebalancing of commodity allocations. Live cattle February and April closed at 160.6 cents and 159.425 cents, respectively (all figures US$). […]

By Theopolis Waters