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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end four-day win streak

Jan. 20, 2017 at 3:30 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures settled in negative territory on Friday for the first time in five days, led by sell stops and profit-taking, said traders. They said fund buying and futures’ discounts to this week’s cash prices later lifted contracts from session lows. February […]

U.S. grains: Wheat down on profit-taking, export fears

Jan. 19, 2017 at 7:00 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cash prices push CME live cattle higher

Jan. 19, 2017 at 4:22 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soy up for fourth session on Argentina crop concerns

Jan. 18, 2017 at 6:51 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen Renita D. Young

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle up for third straight day

Jan. 18, 2017 at 6:43 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soybeans set six-month top

Jan. 17, 2017 at 5:15 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose about two per cent on Tuesday, touching a six-month high on worries about excessive rains in Argentina crimping production prospects, analysts said. Corn and wheat followed the firm trend, drawing additional support from a setback in the dollar. Chicago Board of Trade […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cash prices boost live cattle to 10-month high

Jan. 17, 2017 at 4:55 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange nearby live cattle contracts on Tuesday climbed to their highest level in 10 months after investors digested last week’s better-than-expected cash prices, traders said. February live cattle closed 1.05 cents/lb. higher at 119.575 cents, and April up 1.075 cents, to 119 cents. “It […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle rally on fund buying, cash optimism

Jan. 13, 2017 at 6:16 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures gained about one per cent on Friday, rallying from losses in the previous session on the back of investment fund buying and optimism for higher prices in U.S. Plains cash cattle markets, traders said. Feeder cattle prices rose while lean […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Soybeans extend rally

Jan. 13, 2017 at 5:48 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Friday on follow-through buying on the U.S. Agriculture Department’s surprise cut to its domestic production estimate and ending stocks on Thursday, traders said. Soymeal led soybeans higher on concerns that forecasts for more rain in Argentina could limit the size of […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soy up as USDA lowers crop, stocks estimates

Jan. 12, 2017 at 7:19 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures hit a 3-1/2-week high on Thursday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture cut its estimate of the 2016 soy harvest and lowered its forecast of domestic inventories, analysts said. Wheat futures advanced after the USDA said farmers planted the fewest U.S. acres to […]

By Julie Ingwersen