Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures settled higher after Tuesday’s choppy session, supported by the wholesale beef price upswing that trumped initial selling, traders said. February […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rebound with beef prices
Aggressive herd expansion reverses shrinking U.S. cattle supply
Chicago | Reuters — Affordable feed and record-high spikes in cattle prices in 2014 encouraged U.S. ranchers to increase their herds at a faster pace than previously expected during the […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle post gains after wild ride
Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished higher on Friday after an up-and-down session, ultimately supported by short-covering and futures’ discounts to cash prices, traders said. […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures slump, but off session lows
Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Thursday, pressured by profit taking before the last trading day of the month on Friday, traders said. […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME hogs rally with biggest daily gain in four months
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs closed sharply higher Wednesday on short-covering that earlier drove futures to their biggest one-day gain in four months at over two […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle see biggest daily rise in six months
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle posted their biggest one-day percentage increase in six months on Tuesday, driven up over two per cent by bargain hunting, traders […] Read more
California turkey farm quarantined after H5N8 detected
Chicago | Reuters –– A California turkey farm has been quarantined after confirmation of the first case of an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza strain in the […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME hogs break five-day stretch of two-year lows
Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs ended higher on Monday on short-covering, and the wholesale pork price bounce that helped snap futures’ five-day streak of two-year lows, […] Read more
December U.S. cattle placements slowed more than anticipated
Chicago | Reuters — The number of cattle placed in U.S. feedlots in December 2014 fell versus last year, a government report showed on Friday, but more than was expected, […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures plunge before USDA report
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures slumped on Friday, with nearby contracts down the three-cents-per-pound price limit, ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle-On-Feed […] Read more