Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle on Wednesday settled up its three-cent-per-pound daily price limit, driven by short-covering and fund buying, traders said. They said CME live […] Read more
Cow-calf
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle limit up on short-covering
U.S. livestock: Hogs touch five-week high on technical buying, pork gains
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures climbed to a five-week high on Tuesday, bolstered by technical buying and gains in prices for cash hogs and pork, […] Read more
Klassen: Feeder market undergoes minor recovery
Compared to last week, western Canadian yearlings sold $3 to as much as $6 higher while calf markets were relatively unchanged. Feeder cattle futures experienced a $5-$7 rally, which quickly […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle extend gains on drop in placements
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures rose on Friday, shrugging off earlier declines on technical buying and support from government data showing fewer cattle placed in feedlots during April, […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Cattle ease on positioning ahead of supply report
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell nearly one per cent on Thursday, pressured by fears of lower trades in cash cattle markets and positioning ahead […] Read more
U.S. beef packer margins soar as cattle prices fall
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. beef packers including Tyson Foods and Cargill are racking up historically high margins, thanks to slumping cattle prices amid a supply glut and as Americans […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs rise on investment fund buying
Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. livestock futures rose on Wednesday, with lean hogs bouncing from Tuesday’s roughly three-week low on technical and investment fund buying, traders and analysts said. Live […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Cattle surge on technical buying, packer demand
Chicago | Reuters — Cattle futures jumped the most in more than a month on Monday, buoyed by technical short covering and optimism that demand from beef packers that resulted […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Live cattle drop on weak cash prices, big supplies
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures slumped for the fourth time in five sessions on Friday as falling cash cattle prices and ample supplies of slaughter-ready […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Live cattle rebound on technical buying, short-covering
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures bounced on Thursday on technical buying and short-covering following three days of steep declines that had sliced prices by more […] Read more
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
