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(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

U.S. livestock: Softer cash prices weaken CME hogs

By Theopolis Waters, GFM Network News December 19, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures on Tuesday were weakened for a second day in a row as ample supplies pressured cash prices, said traders. Fund sales and sell stops exerted more pressure on CME hog contracts, they said. February hogs finished down 0.5 cent/lb. to 66.9 cents, and below the […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slip on softer cash, beef prices

By Theopolis Waters, GFM Network News November 17, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Thursday reversed some of Wednesday’s gains, led by weaker cash and wholesale beef values, traders said. Some market participants tweaked positions before Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) monthly Cattle on Feed report. “We saw a small rally yesterday, and a steady opening today, […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking, cash prices drop CME hogs

By Theopolis Waters, GFM Network News October 23, 2017

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

Finishers, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. September cattle placements surge

By Theopolis Waters, GFM Network News October 21, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Ranchers in September drove 13.5 per cent more cattle into U.S. feedlots than the same month a year earlier, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported on Friday. The result topped analysts’ average forecasts and hit its highest level for the month in six years. “The good news for the consumer is […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rise before USDA report

By Theopolis Waters, GFM Network News October 20, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed higher on Friday, helped by short-covering and positioning before the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle on Feed report on Friday at 2 p.m. CT, said traders. They said that with December futures slated to be the new lead month following October’s expiration, investors periodically […] Read more

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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hog futures tumble in reversal on technical selloff

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News October 17, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures fell about two per cent in a technical selloff on Tuesday, easing from an earlier two-month high in a reversal that could portend further declines, traders and analysts said. Live cattle and feeder cattle futures each dropped to the lowest levels in about two weeks […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market holds values through volatility

By Jerry Klassen October 2, 2017

Buyers kept a respectful distance from the market early in the week. Western Canadian feeder cattle markets were lackadaisical due to the bearish sentiment of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Cattle on Feed report. However, by Friday, all weight categories were trading steady with week-ago levels. Feedlot operators were bent upon ownership with an insatiable […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle limit down after bearish USDA report

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News September 25, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures tumbled about two per cent on Monday after government data on Friday showed bigger-than-expected placements of cattle on feed in August. Most-active CME December live cattle dropped by the daily price limit of three cents to finish at 114.425 cents per pound, reversing from Friday’s 1-1/2 […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle hit one-month high ahead of USDA data

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News September 23, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures jumped to the highest levels in over a month on Friday, lifted by technical buying and expectations for bullish government supply data that was due after the close of trading. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Cattle on Feed report, however, was deemed bearish by analysts, and […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. cattle placements spike in August

By Michael Hirtzer September 22, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Ranchers placed 1.93 million cattle in U.S. feedlots in August, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Friday, in a stronger-than-expected report likely to weigh on futures early next week. Cattle placements rose about three per cent from August in 2016, USDA said. Analysts polled by Reuters had predicted a decline […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Softer cash prices weaken CME hogs

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slip on softer cash, beef prices

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking, cash prices drop CME hogs

U.S. September cattle placements surge

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rise before USDA report

U.S. livestock: Hog futures tumble in reversal on technical selloff

Klassen: Feeder market holds values through volatility

U.S. livestock: Cattle limit down after bearish USDA report

U.S. livestock: Cattle hit one-month high ahead of USDA data

U.S. cattle placements spike in August

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