Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Monday, supported by their discount to what packers paid for market-ready (cash) cattle last week, traders said. […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rise on discounts to cash prices
U.S. livestock: Hog futures rebound with pork prices
Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs on Friday bounced back from Thursday’s losses, sparked by the uptick in wholesale pork values, traders said. April futures closed up […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Profit-taking breaks CME hogs’ six-day win streak
Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs fell on Thursday for the first time in seven days, pressured by profit-taking on the eve of February’s final trading day, […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME hogs post more gains on cash prices
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs posted their sixth straight higher settlement on Wednesday as prices for market-ready (cash) hogs edged upward, traders said. April futures closed […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME hog futures rise again with cash prices
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hogs rose for a fifth session in a row on Tuesday, helped by short-covering in response to rising prices for market-ready […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME hogs rally on cash prices, port dispute end
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs finished higher on Monday on strong cash prices and the resumption of cargo loading following Friday’s West Coast port labour agreement, […] Read more
Swollen U.S. meat inventories mirror strong demand headwinds
Chicago | Reuters –– Slumping demand for meat on the U.S. West and East Coasts boosted pork, beef and chicken inventories to some of their highest levels in years, analysts […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slump before USDA report
Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle fell Friday on lower cash prices before the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle-On-Feed report at 2 p.m. CT, traders said. […] Read more
West Coast port impasse beefs up U.S. meat stockpile
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. meat exporters caught in the middle of the West Coast port labour standoff diverted millions of pounds of chilled pork and beef into cold storage […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Improved fundamentals extend CME hogs’ advances
Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs gained for a second straight session on Thursday, helped by firmer cash and wholesale pork prices, traders said. April futures closed […] Read more