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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle jump on beef price turnaround

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures gained on Thursday on short-covering after wholesale beef values turned higher, traders said. June closed up 0.725 cent per pound, to 153.225 cents, and August 0.825 cent higher at 151.45 cents (all figures US$). Thursday morning’s choice wholesale beef price, cutout, rose $1.23 per hundredweight […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle fall as beef demand fades

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Wednesday closed lower following sliding wholesale beef prices, traders said. June closed down 0.8 cent per pound to 152.5 cents, and August 1.375 cents lower at 150.625 cents. The choice wholesale beef price, or cutout, on Wednesday fell $2.13 per hundredweight (cwt) from Tuesday […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle close mostly weak

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures Tuesday settled mostly weaker on profit-taking and the morning’s soft wholesale beef prices, traders said. The reversal of a trading strategy known as bear spreads implemented on Monday propped up the June contract and further pressured August futures. June closed up 0.15 cent per pound […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rally on discount to cash prices

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed higher on Monday and erased Friday’s losses, supported by short-covering and futures’ discounts to last week’s cash prices, traders said. June closed 0.825 cent per pound higher at 153.15 cents, and August rose 0.875 cent to 152.15 cents (all figures US$). “They (traders) can’t fight […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Slumping beef prices rattle CME live cattle

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Friday, pulled down by profit-taking in response to the day’s sharp drop in wholesale beef values, traders said. June closed 1.175 cents per pound lower at 152.325 cents, and August fell 1.475 cents, to 151.275 cents. Friday morning’s choice wholesale beef price […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle shrug off early weakness

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed higher on Wednesday after initial selling, helped by short-covering and futures’ discounts to last week’s cash prices, traders said. June closed 0.675 cent per pound higher at 152.475 cents, and August ended up 0.8 cent at 151.425 cents (all figures US$). Last week, most market-ready […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, hogs close weak before Memorial Day

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Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed moderately lower Friday on profit-taking and in response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle on Feed report earlier in the day, traders said. The number of cattle put into U.S. feedlots in April unexpectedly slowed compared with the same month last year. “It’s […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, hogs climb on short-covering

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed higher on Thursday on short-covering and futures’ discounts to cash prices, traders said. June closed up 1.025 cents per pound, to 152.375 cents, and August was 1.175 cents higher at 150.9 cents (all figures US$). This week, the bulk of market-ready (cash) cattle in the […] Read more

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