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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rally on corn futures slump

Jul. 22, 2019 at 3:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) feeder cattle futures inched upward on Monday, as corn futures fell sharply and traders hoped that feed costs will continue to remain under pressure. Meanwhile, lean hog futures faced choppy trading on Monday as the market wrestles with continued expectations for – […]

U.S. livestock: Hogs top five-week high on China demand expectations

Jul. 19, 2019 at 4:45 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hogs rise amid hopes of China pork demand

Jul. 18, 2019 at 8:02 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hogs near limit up on renewed pork export hopes

Jul. 17, 2019 at 6:51 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures weaken as beef prices decline

Jul. 16, 2019 at 5:56 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Klassen: Feeder market experiences fortuitous bounce

Jul. 16, 2019 at 8:53 am CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $2-$5 higher on average. Auction barns had limited numbers on offer but strong buying interest surfaced for quality packages. Alberta feedlots were the main buyers setting the price structure. There were two main factors enhancing demand this week. First, U.S. […]

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Live cattle sag as traders eye lower boxed-beef prices

Jul. 15, 2019 at 5:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures ended mostly lower on Monday as weak boxed beef prices fueled concerns about increasing supplies. Select-grade boxed beef was $189.21/cwt on Monday afternoon, down 2.7 per cent from a week ago, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data issued […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME hogs book biggest one-week climb since April

Jul. 12, 2019 at 5:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures closed higher on Friday and the most-active August contract recorded its biggest weekly gain since April, supported by expectations of thinning U.S. hog supplies, traders said. A glut of hogs has hung over the futures market for months, but […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs end lower

Jul. 11, 2019 at 7:19 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures fell about three per cent on Thursday on sluggish cash markets, traders said, retreating after a two-session surge that lifted the August contract to a near-three-week high a day earlier. CME August lean hogs settled down 2.55 cents at […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Hogs up on technical buying, cash values

Jul. 10, 2019 at 7:00 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures neared a three-week high on Wednesday, buoyed by a mix of technical buying and ideas that a glut of U.S. hog supplies was showing signs of tightening, traders said. Fears of an expansion in Asia of the African swine […]

By Julie Ingwersen