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U.S. livestock: CME hog futures hit five-year low as supply trumps demand

Mar. 19, 2015 at 4:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures sank to their lowest level in five years on Thursday, given ample supplies versus slack pork demand, said traders and analysts. “Pork demand never recuperated from the high prices we had in the past,” said EBOTTrading.com senior analyst John Kleist. […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle close higher, hogs lower

Mar. 18, 2015 at 3:52 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle turn up on beef prices, hogs mixed

Mar. 17, 2015 at 4:50 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs edge up, live cattle end lower

Mar. 16, 2015 at 5:55 pm CDT

By Meredith Davis

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures end weaker, but off lows

Mar. 13, 2015 at 3:45 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures pare losses but remain weaker

Mar. 12, 2015 at 5:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs closed lower for a sixth straight session on Thursday, and set fresh contract lows, plagued by a host of bearish fundamentals, traders said. April closed 1.825 cents per pound lower at 62.3 cents, and earlier made a new contract low of […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures slump on strong dollar, bird flu woes

Mar. 11, 2015 at 5:13 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures fell three per cent Wednesday, with deferred contracts making new lows, on the strong dollar and bird flu in Arkansas, traders said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday confirmed the case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a commercial […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures mixed as dollar, stocks weigh

Mar. 10, 2015 at 4:53 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts closed mixed on Tuesday, with nearby futures helped by their discounts to recent cash prices, while back months bowed in part to outside market pressure. April closed 0.75 cent/lb. higher at 154.75 cents, and June up 0.1 cent at 146.25 […]

By Theopolis Waters

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

Mar. 9, 2015 at 4:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle ended lower on Monday, pressured by profit-taking and funds that sold or “rolled” April contracts and simultaneously bought deferred months, traders said. Funds involved in CME’s livestock markets that follow the Standard + Poor’s Goldman Sachs Commodity Index (S+P GSCI) shifted […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures jump with cash prices

Mar. 6, 2015 at 3:40 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle settled higher on Friday, driven by short-covering in response to strong preliminary cash prices, traders said. April closed 1.375 cents per pound higher at 154.65 cents, and June ended up 1.075 cents at 147.1 cents (all figures US$). A small number […]

By Theopolis Waters