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U.S. livestock: CME hogs hit new lows as cash prices fall, funds roll

Jul. 10, 2018 at 7:13 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hogs on Tuesday marked new lows, and the August contract fell by its three-cent daily price limit, amid eroding cash prices and the roll by funds, said traders. Tuesday was the second of five days that CME livestock market funds which track the […]

U.S. livestock: Hogs extend declines on demand worries

Jul. 9, 2018 at 7:09 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs about flat in technical trading

Jul. 5, 2018 at 6:36 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs gain on pre-holiday technical buying

Jul. 3, 2018 at 5:45 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle jump as corn prices drop

Jul. 2, 2018 at 5:13 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures limit up on better cash sales

Jun. 29, 2018 at 8:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures surged by their three cents/lb. daily price limit on Friday, boosted by investment fund buying and better-than-expected sales in cash cattle markets, traders and analysts said. Feeder cattle futures also climbed by their daily limit, of 4.5 cents/lb., tracking the […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Hog futures higher on spreading

Jun. 28, 2018 at 7:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures were narrowly higher in bull-spreading on Thursday as some investors exited positions in nearby contract months ahead of a quarterly government supply report that was released after the close of trading. The U.S. Department of Agriculture in the report said the U.S. […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Early-week cash prices buoy CME live cattle

Jun. 27, 2018 at 6:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed higher on Wednesday, lifted by initial prices for market-ready, or cash, cattle and short-covering after recent market losses, traders said. Thinly traded June futures, which will expire on Friday, led advances. Some investors bought that contract and simultaneously sold deferred […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs bounce back on bargain buying

Jun. 26, 2018 at 6:09 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures finished higher on Tuesday after short-covering and bargain buying reversed recent market losses amid trade fears, analysts said. Hog farmers in the U.S. may face another wave of higher tariffs by China, which placed stiff retaliatory duties on U.S. pork imports […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs sink on weak cash markets, packer margins

Jun. 23, 2018 at 2:05 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures settled mostly lower on Friday as falling cash hog prices and poor packer margins weighed on the market, traders said. Worries over slowed pork export demand due to threatened retaliatory tariffs by key trading partners, including Mexico and China, also […]

By Karl Plume