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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle mixed

Sep. 19, 2022 at 6:37 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were mixed to firmer on Monday, supported by diminished supplies of market-ready cattle that should be reflected in the U.S. Agriculture Department’s monthly Cattle on Feed report, due Friday. “It’s been a slow climb, but it’s also predicated on very […]

Manitoba pork industry grows despite ‘uncertainty’

Sep. 16, 2022 at 8:54 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

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

Sep. 16, 2022 at 6:40 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: December lean hogs hit four-week high

Sep. 15, 2022 at 5:41 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hog futures fall

Sep. 14, 2022 at 5:10 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures slip from seven-year peak

Sep. 13, 2022 at 3:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell after hitting their highest in seven years on Monday. Feeder cattle futures continued to weaken, with the front-month contract dropping to a five-week low, as the prospect of high feeding costs due to strong corn prices pressured the market. […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME lean hog futures weaken

Sep. 12, 2022 at 8:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures eased on Monday as the U.S. Agriculture Department lifted its forecast for domestic pork production and lowered its price outlook for pigs for this year. The department, in a monthly report, raised its estimate for pork production in the third […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle up on demand, tightening supplies

Sep. 9, 2022 at 5:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose on Friday in tandem with higher equities and energy markets as a robust slaughter pace and concerns about reduced cattle supplies in the coming months fueled buying. Packers have accelerated their daily slaughter pace following plant downtime around Monday’s […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs mostly lower on weak cash market

Sep. 8, 2022 at 5:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures ended mostly lower on Thursday as eroding cash hog prices weighed on the market along with weaker wholesale pork prices and slumping pork exports. Technical buying helped to underpin the actively traded October contract, the only month that closed higher […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle down on quiet cash trade

Sep. 7, 2022 at 5:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures weakened on Wednesday as quiet trade on the cash market fortified concerns about light demand, traders said. Hog futures were narrowly mixed, with short-covering providing support, while worries that a firm U.S. dollar will chill export demand for pork added pressure. […]

By Reuters