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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end mostly firm

Jun. 15, 2015 at 4:31 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts gained modestly on Monday, supported by short-covering and futures’ discounts to last week’s cash prices, traders said. Investors bought deferred contracts and simultaneously sold June ahead of its expiration on June 30, they said. June closed down 0.275 cent […]

U.S. livestock: Lower cash prices sink CME live cattle

Jun. 12, 2015 at 3:33 pm CDT

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U.S. livestock: Profit-taking undercuts CME live cattle

Jun. 11, 2015 at 3:38 pm CDT

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle spike to five-month high

Jun. 10, 2015 at 5:32 pm CDT

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle climb as beef prices jump

Jun. 9, 2015 at 4:53 pm CDT

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U.S. livestock: Speculative buying rallies CME live cattle

Jun. 8, 2015 at 4:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle finished higher on Monday, buoyed by speculation that cash and wholesale beef prices may bottom out soon, traders said. June closed up 0.65 cent per pound to 153.475 cents, and August 1.025 cent higher at 151.6 cents (all figures US$). Monday […]

By Theopolis Waters

CME bars grain traders for years over wash trades, spoofing

Jun. 5, 2015 at 2:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– CME Group said Friday it barred a grain trader from its markets for three years for executing noncompetitive transactions and suspended another for two years for market manipulation. The traders, Aleksey Vsemirnov and Stephen Duggan, could not immediately be reached for comment. Vsemirnov executed numerous non-competitive […]

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slump with beef prices, but off lows

Jun. 5, 2015 at 2:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle ended lower on Friday, pressured by profit-taking and a wholesale beef price reversal after Thursday’s spike, traders said. Futures remained undervalued based on this week’s cash price expectations, which stirred late-session buying that freed contracts from session lows. June closed down […]

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle jump on beef price turnaround

Jun. 4, 2015 at 3:33 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures gained on Thursday on short-covering after wholesale beef values turned higher, traders said. June closed up 0.725 cent per pound, to 153.225 cents, and August 0.825 cent higher at 151.45 cents (all figures US$). Thursday morning’s choice wholesale beef price, […]

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle fall as beef demand fades

Jun. 3, 2015 at 4:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Wednesday closed lower following sliding wholesale beef prices, traders said. June closed down 0.8 cent per pound to 152.5 cents, and August 1.375 cents lower at 150.625 cents. The choice wholesale beef price, or cutout, on Wednesday fell $2.13 […]

By Theopolis Waters