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U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise

Apr. 18, 2018 at 5:09 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose on Wednesday, supported by steady-to-higher early-week cash prices, traders said. Hogs drew support from higher cash and wholesale pork prices. Futures were further supported by lower week-over-week hog weights. It’s a “good sign that these weights are coming down,” […]

U.S. livestock: CME nearby live cattle firm, deferred months weak

Apr. 16, 2018 at 5:31 pm CDT

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle settle mixed, hogs firmer

Apr. 13, 2018 at 4:50 pm CDT

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

Apr. 12, 2018 at 7:23 pm CDT

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, hogs end mostly firmer

Apr. 11, 2018 at 7:21 pm CDT

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end mixed as market weighs big supply

Apr. 11, 2018 at 3:02 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were mixed on Tuesday as the spot contract rose on its discount to the cash market while deferred months drifted lower under heavy supplies of cattle, traders said. CME April live cattle closed up 0.775 cent/lb. at 112.8 cents, edging […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs jump on short-covering

Apr. 9, 2018 at 6:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rallied more than three per cent on Monday in a short-covering and bargain-buying rebound from life-of-contract lows posted last week, traders said. Some contracts, including actively-traded June, rose by as much as the daily three-cent limit as a steady slide […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle stumble on profit-taking

Apr. 6, 2018 at 6:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle turned lower on Friday after profit-taking and fund liquidation gave back some of the market’s gains over the past two days, said traders. U.S. stocks’ plunge over trade war fears unnerved CME livestock investors still digesting Monday’s Chinese tariff hike on […]

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U.S. livestock: Fund buying sends CME live cattle higher

Apr. 5, 2018 at 8:02 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle rose sharply for a second straight day on Thursday, driven by short covering and fund buying, said traders. Investors, for now, are focused more on what packers will pay for cattle in the near term than a potential trade war with […]

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle shrug off China beef tariff news

Apr. 4, 2018 at 6:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed higher on Wednesday, after bargain buying reversed earlier losses following China’s proposed tariff increase on U.S. beef, said traders. China listed beef and other U.S. goods that may incur a 25 per cent duty by the end of May if […]

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