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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rise on firmer cash price expectations

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange nearby live cattle contracts on Friday gained for a second straight day, guided by expectations for steady-to-higher cash prices by late Friday, traders said. October live cattle, which expire on Oct. 31, finished 1.225 cents/lb. higher at 115.375 cents (all figures US$). Most actively traded December closed up […] Read more
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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle hit three-month high

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures reached their highest level in nearly three months on Thursday, fueled by short-covering and renewed optimism for this week’s cash prices, said traders. October live cattle, which will expire on Oct. 31, finished 1.125 cents/lb. higher at 114.15 cents (all figures US$). Most actively traded […] Read more
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U.S. livestock: CME hogs rise on firmer cash, pork prices

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures closed higher on Wednesday, helped by modest cash and wholesale pork price gains, said traders. Investors unwound some of Tuesday’s long CME live cattle short lean hog spreads that, along with buy stops and speculative buying, sent some deferred hog contracts to new highs. December […] Read more
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U.S. livestock: Profit-taking, cash prices drop CME hogs

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs closed lower on Monday, pressured by profit-taking following the morning’s cash price drop, traders said. December hogs finished 1.325 cents/lb. lower at 63.525 cents, and February ended 0.875 cent lower at 68.225 cents (all figures US$). Some investors sold futures after analysts predicted a 480,000-plus head […] Read more
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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slump, cash prices disappoint

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Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle on Thursday reversed some of their recent gains, pressured by profit-taking following this week’s initial cash prices that fell short of expectations, said traders. To avoid cattle deliveries, some investors sold the October contract either outright or simultaneously bought deferred months in a trading strategy known […] Read more
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U.S. livestock: Live cattle limit up on strong cash prices

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle settled up their three cent per pound daily price limit on Thursday, fueled by short-covering following stronger-than-expected cash prices, said traders. Fund buying and futures’ discounts to this week’s cash returns enhanced market gains, they said. June and August closed limit up at 127.425 and 124.7 […] Read more
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U.S. livestock: Live cattle retreat following initial cash prices

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts slumped on Wednesday, pulled down by technical selling and lower preliminary cash prices, said traders. June closed 0.95 cent/lb. lower at 122.125 cents (all figures US$). August closed 1.4 cents lower at 119.925 cents, and below the 10-day moving average of 120.13 cents. Wednesday morning’s […] Read more
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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle limit down on profit-taking

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Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange nearby live cattle futures on Friday finished down their three-cent daily price limit, hit by profit-taking after spiking this week to new highs, said traders. Friday was the first of five days that funds in CME’s livestock markets that track the Standard + Poor’s Goldman Sachs Commodity Index […] Read more
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U.S. livestock: Cash prices propel live cattle to one-year high

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle on Wednesday reached its highest level in a year, ignited by short-covering and futures’ discounts to initial cash prices, traders said. They said bargain buying briefly sent some deferred live cattle months to fresh highs and up their three-cents-per-pound daily price limit (all figures US$). April […] Read more

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