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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end lower as funds roll long positions

Mar. 7, 2016 at 5:29 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Monday, after funds sold, or rolled, their April long positions and simultaneously bought deferred months, traders said. Funds trading in CME’s live cattle and hog markets shifted June long positions further back in a procedure known as […]

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

Mar. 3, 2016 at 3:34 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking drops CME live cattle

Mar. 2, 2016 at 4:44 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Cash price optimism nudges CME live cattle upward

Mar. 1, 2016 at 3:58 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle close mixed

Feb. 29, 2016 at 5:07 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle dip while awaiting cash prices

Feb. 26, 2016 at 6:33 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures posted modest losses on Friday, weighed down by profit-taking while waiting for market-ready, or cash, cattle to change hands later on Friday, traders said. Beginning on Monday, CME Globex livestock futures and options hours will be revised to 8:30 a.m. […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Cash price outlook boosts CME live cattle

Feb. 25, 2016 at 5:42 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts climbed on Thursday, propelled by anticipation of firm cash prices by Friday amid improved wholesale beef demand, traders said. The February contract, which will expire on Monday, closed up 0.9 cent/lb. to 137.875 cents (all figures US$). April ended 1.2 […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Brisk beef demand pushes CME live cattle higher

Feb. 24, 2016 at 3:42 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts rose on Wednesday, driven by upward-trending wholesale beef values that may underpin prices for market-ready, or cash, cattle by Friday, traders said. Thinly-traded spot February, which will expire on Feb. 29, closed down 0.025 cent/lb. to 136.975 cents (all […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Surging beef prices float CME live cattle higher

Feb. 23, 2016 at 5:22 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts closed higher on Tuesday following a steep rise in wholesale beef values that could help underpin cash prices later this week, traders said. February closed 0.525 cent/lb. higher at 136.95 cents, and April ended at 135.5 cents, up 0.875 cent […]

By Theopolis Waters

Pork market looks to improve by spring

Feb. 23, 2016 at 4:17 pm CST

CNS Canada — Canadian pork prices are feeling a modest bump upward as healthy U.S. exports clean up some excess North American pork supplies. Canadian slaughter-weight prices hit their lows in November and December — and since then, they have increased about 30 per cent, according to Brad Marceniuk, a […]

By Dave Sims