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U.S. livestock: Fund buying boosts CME live cattle limit-up

Feb. 16, 2016 at 3:41 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures settled up by their three-cent-per-pound daily price limit on Tuesday, driven by short-covering and fund buying, traders said. February and April ended at 132.95 cents and 132.125 cents/lb., respectively. Live cattle’s trading limit will be expanded to 4.5 cents on […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle fade before holiday

Feb. 12, 2016 at 5:27 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle tumble with cash prices

Feb. 11, 2016 at 3:31 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle gain, but off session highs

Feb. 10, 2016 at 3:42 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

CME to reduce livestock futures, options trading hours

Feb. 10, 2016 at 11:20 am CST

By Theopolis Waters

Klassen: Feedlots risk-averse on feeder cattle purchases

Feb. 10, 2016 at 9:09 am CST

Western Canadian feeder cattle markets experienced a softer tone over the past week. Alberta prices were generally steady to $4 lower while in the eastern Prairies, markets were $4 to $7 below week-ago levels. The weaker tone in the deferred futures, along with the stronger Canadian dollar, were the main […]

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle ease ahead of cash prices

Feb. 9, 2016 at 9:07 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures ended lower on Tuesday after traders sold the February contract and bought deferred months while awaiting cash prices later this week, traders said. On Tuesday, packers in Texas and Kansas bid $132/cwt for market-ready, or cash, cattle against sellers who […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Cattle limit down on equities downturn

Feb. 8, 2016 at 4:33 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures tumbled more than two per cent on Monday, falling in sympathy with steep downturns in equities markets and following disappointing trades last week in cash cattle. Front-month live and feeder plummeted by their respective daily price limits of three and 4.5 cents/lb., with […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Fallen equities market topples CME live cattle

Feb. 5, 2016 at 5:46 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts closed lower on Friday, weighed by cash price caution and heavy U.S. stock market losses, traders said. The day’s firm U.S. dollar and the plunge in equities tied to disappointing jobs data pulled most commodity prices lower, they said. Altin […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle finish mostly weak

Feb. 4, 2016 at 6:36 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts closed weak on Thursday, after investors sold deferred months and bought February in anticipation of at least steady cash prices by Friday, traders said. Packers in Kansas and Texas on Thursday bid $138/cwt for market-ready, or cash, cattle, which […]

By Theopolis Waters