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U.S. livestock: CME livestock futures turn higher amid rising wholesale prices

Apr. 9, 2024 at 6:33 pm CDT

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures turned higher on Tuesday, as continued strength in wholesale prices eased concerns about consumer demand - even as investors grew nervous about ongoing inflationary concerns and rising consumer prices, traders said.

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat ends lower; US crop rating seen as anchor

Apr. 8, 2024 at 5:31 pm CDT

By Renee Hickman Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures rise on wholesale prices, technical trade

Apr. 8, 2024 at 4:33 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle tumble ahead of weekend on bird flu fears

Apr. 5, 2024 at 5:30 pm CDT

By Karl Plume Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies on Black Sea tensions, weather worries

Apr. 5, 2024 at 5:26 pm CDT

By Renee Hickman Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle end firm as bird flu selloff seen overdone

Apr. 4, 2024 at 7:09 pm CDT

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures firmed on Thursday in a bargain-buying rebound from the prior session's two-month lows, as some investors deemed the recent drop in prices to be overdone.

By Karl Plume Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans sink on weak US export sales, lower soyoil prices

Apr. 4, 2024 at 4:45 pm CDT

Soybeans dropped on Thursday following lower-than-expected weekly export sales data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), seasonally rising supplies from the South American harvest and falling soyoil prices.

By Renee Hickman Reuters

U.S. grains: Cattle end lower on beef demand concerns, hogs higher

Apr. 3, 2024 at 5:24 pm CDT

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell to a fresh two-month low on Wednesday on technical selling and fund liquidation, as investors gauged whether beef demand would suffer amid recent news of avian influenza in dairy cattle.

By Karl Plume Reuters

Exterior of the Chicago Board of Trade building.

U.S. grains: Technical buying lifts grains, soy as US Midwest planting season nears

Apr. 3, 2024 at 5:13 pm CDT

U.S. corn futures rose on Wednesday on technical buying and short covering that lifted prices from Tuesday's one-month lows as traders assessed Midwestern weather conditions before the spring planting season.

By Renee Hickman Reuters

Canadian cattle in a feedlot with a cowboy in the background.

U.S. livestock: Cattle claw back some losses after bird flu selloff

Apr. 2, 2024 at 5:37 pm CDT

Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures rebounded on Tuesday as traders reassessed the market after worries about cattle infected with avian influenza had triggered a sharp selloff a day earlier.

By Karl Plume Reuters