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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle jump

Jul. 19, 2017 at 6:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures gained sharply on Wednesday, fueled by short-covering in response to higher-than-expected preliminary cash prices, said traders. They said fund buying contributed to market advances. August ended 2.2 cents/lb. higher at 117.275 cents and above the 20-day moving average of 115.838 […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle buckle under technical pressure

Jul. 18, 2017 at 5:16 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs draw support from cash price discounts

Jul. 17, 2017 at 5:52 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Short covering lifts CME live cattle

Jul. 14, 2017 at 5:44 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Beef, profit-taking weaken CME live cattle

Jul. 13, 2017 at 5:50 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle limit up on cash prices

Jul. 12, 2017 at 5:28 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts on Wednesday settled up the three cents per pound daily price limit, driven by fund buying and futures’ discounts to stronger-than-expected cash prices, said traders. Funds that follow the Standard + Poor’s Goldman Sachs Commodity Index at times sold, or […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Fund buying rallies cattle futures

Jul. 11, 2017 at 7:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts on Tuesday reversed Monday’s losses, supported by short-covering and technical buying, said traders. Funds that follow the Standard + Poor’s Goldman Sachs Commodity Index periodically sold, or “rolled,” August futures and simultaneously bought October on the second of five days […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Cash price unease pressures CME live cattle

Jul. 10, 2017 at 7:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Monday, weakened by sell stops and uncertainty regarding cash prices later this week, traders said. Funds that track the Standard + Poor’s Goldman Sachs Commodity Index at times sold, or “rolled,” August futures and simultaneously bought October […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Cattle rise in rebound on technical buying, cash trades

Jul. 6, 2017 at 7:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures gained more than one per cent on Thursday, rebounding from a two-month low on chart-based technical buying and slightly firmer trades in cash cattle markets, traders said. Most-active CME August live cattle knocked out Wednesday’s session low early in Thursday’s session but […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cattle slump to two-month low

Jul. 5, 2017 at 5:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures extended losses to a more than two-month low on Wednesday as investors liquidated long positions amid declining wholesale beef prices and expectations for weaker cash cattle markets, traders and analysts said. Higher corn futures also boosted feed costs for fattening cattle, weighing […]

By Michael Hirtzer