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U.S. livestock: CME cattle fall on rallying corn prices

Aug. 12, 2024 at 4:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures turned lower on Monday as corn futures rallied following the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s supply and demand report that lowered corn ending stocks, traders said. Meanwhile, hog futures were mixed as bargain buying counterbalanced seasonal price pressure. CME most-active October feeder […]

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures surge on cash market, GDP data

Jul. 25, 2024 at 6:00 pm CDT

By Renee Hickman

U.S. livestock: CME hogs rally after contract lows; cattle futures jump

Jun. 14, 2024 at 5:16 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Lean hog futures retreat as wholesale US pork prices sag

Jun. 13, 2024 at 6:25 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Live cattle, lean hog futures end lower

Jun. 11, 2024 at 7:10 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures mixed, hog futures lower, amid demand questions

May. 6, 2024 at 4:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures ended Monday mixed, after conflicting market signals sent feeder cattle futures lower and nearby live cattle contracts slightly higher. Lean hog futures eased, as market participants wrestled with growing uncertainty over consumer demand for meat as the U.S. enters into the […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: CME cattle stabilize after bird flu roils markets

May. 3, 2024 at 5:47 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures stabilized on Friday after U.S. testing of ground beef samples for H5N1 bird flu fuelled wild swings, but markets still closed lower for the week. Live cattle and feeder cattle futures had rallied on Thursday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME cattle soar as cash markets firm

Feb. 1, 2024 at 8:00 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures jumped on Thursday, buoyed by rising cash cattle prices and a government inventory report confirming that the total number of U.S. cattle fell to a 73-year low. CME April live cattle futures LCJ24 settled up 2.475 cents at 183.175 cents per pound, […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs decline; cattle inches higher

Aug. 3, 2023 at 5:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures fell on Thursday, pressured by declining demand and expectations of greater supplies of market-ready hogs heading into the fall, analysts said. “You had a cutout that took a big step back yesterday. You had export numbers that weren’t especially supportive […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures mixed; feeders boosted as corn slumps

Jul. 27, 2023 at 4:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Feeder cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group (CME) ticked up again on Thursday, bolstered by continued weakness in corn futures Cv1, while live cattle futures were mixed on somewhat sluggish cash sales, analysts said. The U.S. Agriculture Department said on Thursday morning that export […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

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