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U.S. livestock: Bargain buying reverses CME live cattle futures skid

Nov. 8, 2016 at 3:44 pm CST

Chicago/Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rallied on Tuesday as strength from bargain buying and short-covering ended the market’s four-session slide, said traders. They said futures garnered more support from fund buying after contracts broke through technical resistance levels. Most actively traded December live cattle closed 0.950 cent […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures losses mount; hogs rally

Nov. 7, 2016 at 3:58 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, hog futures extends losses

Nov. 4, 2016 at 10:10 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle, hog futures stumble on profit-taking

Nov. 3, 2016 at 5:45 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Hogs surge on technical buying, cattle mostly higher

Nov. 2, 2016 at 4:53 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle leap to one-month high

Nov. 1, 2016 at 5:47 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Tuesday reached their highest level in a month, driven by short-covering and recent increase in wholesale beef values, said traders. They added that some investors bought CME live cattle futures, and simultaneously sold lean hog contracts, in anticipation for […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs rise for third straight session

Oct. 31, 2016 at 5:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures on Monday settled higher for a third consecutive session, with strength from buy stops and firmer wholesale pork values on the final trading day for the month, traders said. Most actively traded December lean hogs closed 1.15 cents/lb. higher at […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures rise again

Oct. 28, 2016 at 7:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog contracts landed in positive territory for a second straight day on Friday, lifted by short-covering and technical buying that offset bearish fundamentals, traders said. December lean hogs closed 1.425 cents/lb. higher at 46.8 cents, and February ended 1.675 cents higher at […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs climb despite Smithfield plant closure

Oct. 27, 2016 at 4:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures pared the prior day’s losses on Thursday, led by technical buying in the face of ample packer inventories and a temporary shutdown at an East Coast packing plant, traders said. December lean hogs finished 1.175 cent/lb. higher at 45.375 cents […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Fundamentals undercut CME hog futures

Oct. 26, 2016 at 4:37 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures finished weaker for the first time in four sessions on Wednesday, pressured by profit-taking and uneasiness about cash and wholesale pork prices as October Pork Month winds down, said traders. December lean hogs finished 0.425 cent/lb. lower at 44.2 cents, […]

By Theopolis Waters