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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

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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

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs hit two-month high

By Theopolis Waters, GFM Network News October 19, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rose on Thursday, hitting their highest level in two months led by steadily climbing prices for market-ready, or cash, hogs as packers competed for supplies, said traders. December hogs finished 0.5 cent/lb. higher at 64.250 cents, and February ended 0.475 cent higher at 68.475 cent […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Strong cash prices lift CME hogs

By Theopolis Waters, GFM Network News October 18, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs on Wednesday shrugged off some of Tuesday’s declines, helped by short-covering and rising prices for slaughter-ready, or cash, hogs, said traders. December futures led advances after investors bought that contract and simultaneously sold deferred months in a trading strategy known as bull spreads. Fund buying developed […] 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

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs at two-month high on packer demand

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News October 16, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures rose to a two-month high on Monday as cash prices extended their climb on strong demand from the expanded pork processing sector, traders and analysts said. Two new hog slaughterhouses that opened about a month ago in Iowa and Michigan have boosted hog demand while wholesale pork […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle mostly weaker on consolidation

By Theopolis Waters, GFM Network News October 13, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts landed in modestly bearish territory on Friday amid pre-weekend consolidation after investors digested this week’s cash prices, said traders. “The market is priced right with this week’s cash. We’ll wait until next week to see if packers are short on supplies or need cattle,” […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slump, cash prices disappoint

By Theopolis Waters, GFM Network News October 12, 2017

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

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs rise on stronger cash markets

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News October 11, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs climbed for the second straight session on Wednesday, buoyed by short-covering and rising cash hog prices, traders and analysts said. Live cattle and feeder cattle futures each were little-changed in relatively light-volume trading in livestock futures ahead of a U.S. Department of Agriculture monthly grain supply […] Read more

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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: CME hogs hit two-month high

U.S. livestock: Strong cash prices lift CME hogs

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

U.S. livestock: Hogs at two-month high on packer demand

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle mostly weaker on consolidation

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slump, cash prices disappoint

U.S. livestock: Hogs rise on stronger cash markets

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