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U.S. livestock: Cattle, lean hog futures fall in range-bound trade

Aug. 16, 2024 at 6:25 pm CDT

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live and feeder cattle futures fell in a spate of range-bound trading on Friday, with back-month feeder contracts setting new lows as funds shed their positions, traders said.

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on bumper yield forecasts; wheat steadies

Aug. 16, 2024 at 4:07 pm CDT

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

U.S. livestock: cattle futures dip on stronger dollar, slow cash trade

Aug. 15, 2024 at 4:16 pm CDT

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat loses overnight rally; soybeans and corn futures dip

Aug. 15, 2024 at 3:41 pm CDT

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

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U.S. grains: Soybeans firm after bouncing back from latest four-year low

Aug. 14, 2024 at 5:16 pm CDT

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle firms on technical buying as Labor Day nears

Aug. 14, 2024 at 5:14 pm CDT

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures rose on Wednesday on technical buying and increasing beef demand ahead of the upcoming U.S. Labor Day holiday, analysts said.

By Renee Hickman Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans set another four-year low following USDA report

Aug. 13, 2024 at 5:41 pm CDT

Chicago soybean futures lost more ground on Tuesday, setting another four-year low a day after U.S. Department of Agriculture data reinforced the prospect of a bumper U.S. harvest.

By Renee Hickman Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle rise on stronger beef demand, lower corn prices

Aug. 13, 2024 at 5:38 pm CDT

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures rose on Tuesday with beef demand increasing ahead of the approaching Labor Day holiday and as corn futures dipped following the U.S. Department of Agriculture's weekly crop progress and condition report.

By Renee Hickman Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall to four-year low on record U.S. crop estimate

Aug. 12, 2024 at 4:40 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago soybeans took a nosedive on Monday to their lowest level since September 2020 as the U.S. Department of Agriculture released data showing a record production forecast for the crop. Meanwhile, corn rose as the government agency saw smaller than expected acreage, and wheat fell on competition from […]

By Renee Hickman

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U.S. livestock: CME cattle fall on rallying corn prices

Aug. 12, 2024 at 4:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures turned lower on Monday as corn futures rallied following the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s supply and demand report that lowered corn ending stocks, traders said. Meanwhile, hog futures were mixed as bargain buying counterbalanced seasonal price pressure. CME most-active October feeder […]

By Heather Schlitz