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

Mar. 18, 2015 at 3:52 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed sharply higher on Wednesday, with April and June up by the three-cents-per-pound price limit, led partly by their discounts to this week’s cash price expectations, traders said. April and June finished at 156.575 and 148.475 cents/lb., respectively (all figures […]

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

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

U.S. livestock: CME hogs drop with cash, wholesale pork prices

Mar. 5, 2015 at 3:31 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs turned lower on Thursday, pressured by weaker cash and wholesale pork prices, traders said. April and June closed 1.175 cents per pound lower at 66.825 cents and 77.45 cents, respectively (all figures US$). Wholesale pork prices slumped $1.49 to $68.49 per […]

By Theopolis Waters