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

Jul. 24, 2018 at 5:53 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle lost ground on Tuesday after investors exercised caution in advance of this week’s prices for market-ready, or cash, cattle, said traders. There may have been some disappointment after initial bids for cash cattle came in below last week’s sales, a trader […]

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs mixed in technical moves

Jul. 23, 2018 at 5:06 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Cattle and hog futures both mixed ahead of USDA reports

Jul. 20, 2018 at 5:27 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures mixed in pre-report positioning

Jul. 19, 2018 at 5:59 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME cattle rise but hog futures weaken

Jul. 18, 2018 at 7:08 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs, live cattle end lower

Jul. 17, 2018 at 6:47 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures fell on Tuesday for a second straight session, pressured by technical selling, ample pork supplies and worries that trade tensions with China and Mexico will curb export demand, traders said. “We still have cheaper grain, increased (hog) weight potential down the line […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Live cattle end higher

Jul. 16, 2018 at 7:11 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. livestock futures closed mixed on Monday, with live cattle rising on higher-than-expected cash cattle trades and lean hogs falling on expectations of rising supplies and worries about export demand, traders said. Live cattle futures rose after fed cattle traded late Friday in Texas and Kansas […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Hogs up, live cattle decline on spreading

Jul. 13, 2018 at 5:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. livestock futures were mixed on Friday, with lean hogs sharply higher and live cattle narrowly lower in largely technically driven and spread trading, dealers said. Friday was the final day of the five-day roll for funds tracking Standard + Poor’s Goldman Sachs Commodity Index, and […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs turn up on short-covering

Jul. 12, 2018 at 7:28 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange livestock futures ticked higher on Thursday, boosted by short-covering and technical buying after prices probed new lows earlier this week, traders said. Futures for cattle and lean hogs notched narrow gains despite fears of weaker prices in cash markets and a lower trend […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Hogs, cattle extend declines on trade war worries

Jul. 11, 2018 at 6:23 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. livestock futures fell one per cent or more on Wednesday, extending declines on technical selling and fears reduced pork and beef exports could result in burdensome supplies in domestic meat markets, traders and analysts said. Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures contracts slumped to […]

By Michael Hirtzer