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U.S. livestock: Live cattle sag as traders eye lower boxed-beef prices

By Tom Polansek 6 days ago

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures ended mostly lower on Monday as weak boxed beef prices fueled concerns about increasing supplies. Select-grade boxed beef was $189.21/cwt on Monday afternoon, down 2.7 per cent from a week ago, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data issued after the close of trading […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs down on ample supplies

By Julie Ingwersen July 8, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures closed lower on Monday for a third straight session as plentiful U.S. hog and pork supplies continued to weigh on the market, analysts said. CME’s most-active August lean hogs contract ended down 0.975 cent at 76.075 cents/lb. after dipping to 75.575 cents, its lowest […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle jump on firmer cash trade

By Julie Ingwersen July 5, 2019

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures settled higher on Friday and set a one-month top, buoyed by higher cash cattle trades in northern states including Nebraska and Iowa, traders said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed that more than 22,000 head of cattle traded Wednesday in Nebraska, mostly from […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Nearby lean hogs firm on bargain-buying, China hopes

By Julie Ingwersen July 2, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) nearby lean hog futures closed higher on Tuesday for a second session on technical buying after last week’s multimonth lows and hopes that a resumption of U.S.-China trade talks could spur export demand for U.S. pork, traders said. U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs tumble for third straight session

By Karl Plume June 24, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures fell sharply for a third straight session on Monday in a technical and fund- selling drop fueled by ample supplies of hogs and pork. Actively traded nearby contracts shed more than four per cent, with losses over the past three sessions topping 10 per […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hog futures limit down on supply glut

By Tom Polansek June 21, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Hefty supplies of American pigs pushed Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures down by the daily exchange-imposed limit on Friday. Prices tumbled as the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that meat companies such as Tyson Foods and JBS USA slaughtered 462,000 hogs, up nine per cent from a year earlier. […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs up on bargain buying

By Julie Ingwersen June 19, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures closed higher on Wednesday in light bargain-buying after last week’s slide to three-month lows, but soft cash markets and ample hog supplies hung over the market and limited rallies, traders said. CME July lean hog futures settled up 0.15 cent at 81.625 cents/lb. and […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle closed mixed

By Julie Ingwersen June 18, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed mixed on Tuesday, with expectations for a weak cash trade pressuring the benchmark August contract while back months ended firm, traders said. Packers were not bidding aggressively for cattle, a factor that some traders took as a bearish signal. “The bids that were out […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs, live cattle firm on bargain buying

By Julie Ingwersen June 17, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rose about two per cent on Monday on bargain buying after multi-month lows, but a large U.S. hog supply hung over the market, capping the rally, traders said. CME July lean hog futures ended up 1.7 cents at 83.05 cents/lb. after dipping to 80.525 cents, […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures end lower

By Julie Ingwersen, Reuters June 13, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell Thursday for a second straight session, pressured by technical selling and expectations of ample U.S. summertime supplies of cattle and beef, traders said. “We’re still just in the middle of June, and we know we have a big supply coming in,” said Scott Varilek, […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Live cattle sag as traders eye lower boxed-beef prices

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs down on ample supplies

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle jump on firmer cash trade

U.S. livestock: Nearby lean hogs firm on bargain-buying, China hopes

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs tumble for third straight session

U.S. livestock: Hog futures limit down on supply glut

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs up on bargain buying

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle closed mixed

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs, live cattle firm on bargain buying

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures end lower

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