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U.S. livestock: CME hogs mostly lower on profit-taking, trade worries

Jun. 7, 2018 at 5:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog contracts ended lower on Thursday after profit-taking and uneasiness over U.S. trade with Mexico pared some of Wednesday’s gains, said traders. On Tuesday Mexico’s economy minister said that country will import more pork from Europe after placing a 20 per cent […]

U.S. livestock: Strong cash prices reverse CME hogs’ losses

Jun. 6, 2018 at 4:19 pm CDT

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U.S. livestock: CME hogs slump following Mexico tariff news

Jun. 5, 2018 at 7:27 pm CDT

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U.S. livestock: CME futures fall on grain market weakness

Jun. 4, 2018 at 5:21 pm CDT

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U.S. livestock: Bargain buying, short-covering lift CME hogs

Jun. 1, 2018 at 7:42 pm CDT

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U.S. livestock: Profit-taking, trade war fears upend CME hogs

May. 31, 2018 at 8:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures closed lower on Thursday, rocked by profit-taking amid worries that pork could suffer from retaliatory tariffs against the U.S., traders said. June hogs closed 0.7 cents/lb. lower at 76.625 cents (all figures US$). July ended 2.075 cents lower at 78.05 cents. […]

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle limit up on short-covering

May. 30, 2018 at 4:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle on Wednesday settled up its three-cent-per-pound daily price limit, driven by short-covering and fund buying, traders said. They said CME live cattle garnered more support from higher wholesale beef values and future’s discount to early-week prices for market-ready, or cash, cattle. […]

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U.S. livestock: Hogs touch five-week high on technical buying, pork gains

May. 29, 2018 at 5:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures climbed to a five-week high on Tuesday, bolstered by technical buying and gains in prices for cash hogs and pork, traders said. Live cattle futures were lower, easing on chart-based selling. Feeder cattle were higher, supported in part by lower […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle extend gains on drop in placements

May. 25, 2018 at 8:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures rose on Friday, shrugging off earlier declines on technical buying and support from government data showing fewer cattle placed in feedlots during April, traders and analysts said. Relatively thinly traded feeder cattle futures jumped more than one per cent after the U.S. Department […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cattle ease on positioning ahead of supply report

May. 24, 2018 at 7:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell nearly one per cent on Thursday, pressured by fears of lower trades in cash cattle markets and positioning ahead of a government supply report due on Friday, traders said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture was set to release its […]

By Michael Hirtzer