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U.S. livestock: CME hog, cattle futures decline

Oct. 16, 2023 at 7:11 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange livestock markets weakened on Monday, with lean hog futures nearing their lowest price in more than four months. Concerns about lacklustre demand for U.S. pork continued to hang over the market, analysts said. Seasonally, hog futures also tend to decline around this time […]

U.S. livestock: Cattle retreat as energy rally dents beef demand outlook

Oct. 13, 2023 at 7:16 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs rise on technical buying

Oct. 12, 2023 at 5:12 pm CDT

By Reuters

Australia buys vaccines for lumpy skin disease to safeguard cattle exports

Oct. 12, 2023 at 2:16 pm CDT

By Reuters

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Saskatchewan expands wildlife testing to include bovine TB

Oct. 11, 2023 at 10:37 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle turn higher

Oct. 11, 2023 at 7:27 pm CDT

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures turned solidly higher Wednesday while lean hogs mostly continued lower. Most-active December live cattle closed 1.975 cents higher Wednesday at 186.975 cents/lb., erasing two days’ losses, but not before touching a one-month low of 184.25 (all figures US$). Both front-month October 2023 and February […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: Live cattle mostly lower

Oct. 10, 2023 at 6:26 pm CDT

Most-active December live cattle on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) turned lower for a second day in a row Tuesday, as did lean hog and deferred-month feeder cattle futures. December live cattle closed Tuesday at 185 cents/lb., down 0.35 cent on the day, while lightly-traded front-month October ended up 0.2 […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs down as Middle East war sparks risk-off selling

Oct. 9, 2023 at 7:57 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures retreated on Monday while lean hog futures fell for the first time in four sessions, pressured by risk-off selling as violence erupted in the Middle East over the weekend and riled global markets. The bloodiest fighting in years between the Palestinian […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures rise for third day in a row

Oct. 6, 2023 at 7:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rose on Friday, extending a rally that was sparked by a strong export sales report a day earlier, traders said. A round of short covering was noted as prices moved off of the four-month lows hit on Wednesday. Cattle futures […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs rally, export sales in focus

Oct. 5, 2023 at 6:59 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rallied on Thursday, with signs of strong export demand supporting prices following the market’s decline to its lowest in more than four months on Wednesday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Thursday morning that export sales of pork […]

By Reuters