Insights and Stories on CME

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rally fifth day in a row

May. 5, 2016 at 3:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished higher for a fifth successive session on Thursday, driven by lighter cattle weights and the morning’s firm wholesale beef prices, traders said. June live cattle closed 2.175 cents/lb. higher at 119.625 cents, and August ended up 2.125 cents at […]

U.S. livestock: More gains for CME live cattle

May. 4, 2016 at 3:55 pm CDT

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle up third straight session

May. 3, 2016 at 4:38 pm CDT

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle extend gains

May. 2, 2016 at 4:13 pm CDT

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle close higher, but off highs

Apr. 29, 2016 at 3:19 pm CDT

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U.S. livestock: Sluggish beef demand sinks CME live cattle

Apr. 28, 2016 at 3:48 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures settled sharply lower on Thursday, with the June contract down by its three-cent/lb. daily price limit, as sluggish beef demand threatened to pressure cash prices by Friday, traders said. Lightly-traded April live cattle, which has no limit on the final […]

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle close lower, but off lows

Apr. 27, 2016 at 3:42 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures settled lower on Wednesday after sluggish wholesale beef demand renewed expectations for weak cash prices by Friday, traders said. Short-covering and bargain hunting freed contracts from session lows, they said. April live cattle, which will expire on Friday, closed 0.8 […]

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U.S. livestock: More short-covering extends CME live cattle gains

Apr. 26, 2016 at 3:09 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rallied again on Tuesday, led by more short-covering and sentiments that last week’s selloff was overdone, traders said. April live cattle closed 1.25 cents/lb. higher at 126.8 cents, and June ended 2.15 cents/lb. higher at 118.75 cents (all figures US$). […]

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U.S. livestock: Short-covering rallies CME live cattle

Apr. 25, 2016 at 3:53 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Monday, helped by short covering and futures’ discounts to last week’s cash prices, traders said. April live cattle closed 0.825 cent/lb. higher at 125.55 cents, and June ended 1.95 cents/lb. higher at 116.6 cents (all figures US$). […]

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle hit new contract lows before report

Apr. 22, 2016 at 5:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures sped to new contract lows, accelerated by bearish fundamentals and positioning before the government’s monthly Cattle on Feed report at 2 p.m. CT, traders said. Simultaneously, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will issue its monthly cold storage data that will […]

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