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U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures fall third straight session

Nov. 5, 2015 at 4:24 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures lost ground for a third consecutive session on Thursday, pressured by slack wholesale beef demand and preliminary cash price weakness, traders said. Spot December finished at 134.4 cents/lb., down 2.825 cents, and February 2.75 cents lower at 136.9 (all figures […]

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Nov. 5, 2015 at 4:15 pm CST

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Global markets: U.S. jobless claims rise

Nov. 5, 2015 at 4:08 pm CST

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Feed: Hail storms hit southern Australia

Nov. 5, 2015 at 4:05 pm CST

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures slump by 3-cents price limit

Nov. 4, 2015 at 2:51 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat futures up despite U.S. rain, corn down amid big crop forecast

Nov. 4, 2015 at 2:18 pm CST

Chicago/Reuters – Chicago wheat futures ticked up on Wednesday on technical buying, despite rain forecasts across U.S. grain belts adding to worries about weather woes overseas. Corn futures ended the day slightly lower after private forecasters raised their estimates for U.S. production, while soybeans rose on bargain-buying and robust U.S. […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

Crop prices to stay under pressure

Nov. 4, 2015 at 9:20 am CST

Commodity News Service Canada – North American farmers hoping for weak commodity prices to right themselves could be waiting for quite a while, according to one of the speakers at the Cereals North America conference going in Winnipeg this week. Dan Basse, president of AgResource, said currency issues are making […]

By Dave Sims

U.S. livestock: Drop in beef prices weighs on CME live cattle futures

Nov. 3, 2015 at 3:00 pm CST

Chicago/Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell on Tuesday, weakened by lower wholesale beef prices that could pressure cash values later this week, traders said. Spot December closed 1.450 cents per lb lower at 140.225 cents, and February 1.050 cents lower at 142.650 cents. Tuesday morning’s wholesale choice […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat firms on technical buying; corn, soy also firm

Nov. 3, 2015 at 2:55 pm CST

Chicago/Reuters – Wheat prices rose about 1.4 per cent on Tuesday, rebounding in largely technical trade on ideas that a sell-off of nearly 3 per cent a day earlier was overdone, traders said. Corn and soybeans were also higher, supported by firm U.S.cash markets. At the Chicago Board of Trade as of 12:54 p.m. […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures end mostly firm; hogs weaker

Nov. 2, 2015 at 6:51 pm CST

Chicago/Reuters – Most live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange gained modestly on Monday, with December pulled down by its premium to last week’s prices for market-ready, or cash, cattle, traders said. They added that funds sold the CME live cattle and lean hog December contracts, and simultaneously bought deferred […]

By Theopolis Waters