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U.S. livestock: Hog futures jump on technical buying

Oct. 29, 2018 at 4:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange gained as much as 1.7 percent on Monday, rising on technical buying and calendar spreading despite weaker prices for hogs in U.S. cash markets, traders said. Live and feeder cattle futures each were narrowly mixed in spread trading […]

U.S. livestock: Live cattle slip from 3-week high in technical setback

Oct. 25, 2018 at 5:57 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs end limit-up on African swine fever jitters

Oct. 24, 2018 at 4:34 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures slip from two-week high; hog futures firm

Oct. 23, 2018 at 6:44 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rebound on supply reports

Oct. 22, 2018 at 4:01 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures ease ahead of USDA report

Oct. 19, 2018 at 4:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange livestock futures were lower on Friday, with both live cattle and lean hogs easing on worries that U.S. supplies were growing faster than demand, traders and analysts said. Cattle futures declined ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle on Feed report, […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Hogs extend slide, fall below seven-week lows

Oct. 18, 2018 at 5:46 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures slid for the third consecutive session on Thursday and touched their lowest prices in more than seven weeks on concerns about increasing supplies, traders said. The market has weakened since contracts set multi-month highs on Oct. 1 amid worries about […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hogs decline on heavier animals, technical selling

Oct. 17, 2018 at 6:23 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures dropped for the second straight session on Wednesday, on technical selling and after government data showed heavier-weight U.S. hogs that pointed to larger supplies, traders said. Bear-spreading pressured front-month December hogs, which settled down 2.175 cents at 54.7 cents/lb., a […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures mostly lower on technical selling

Oct. 16, 2018 at 6:01 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures were mostly lower on Tuesday while lean hogs pared gains late in the session, with each pressured in part by technical selling and profit-taking, traders and analysts said. Some traders were liquidating positions in Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures ahead of a monthly […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Hogs surge on cash price optimism

Oct. 15, 2018 at 5:19 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures soared as much as three per cent on Monday in bull-spreading linked to hopes of stronger U.S. cash hog prices and fears of African swine fever spreading in top pork consumer China, traders said. The gains came after China reported […]

By Michael Hirtzer