Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures ended higher on Friday, with December helped by its discount to prices for market-ready or cash cattle, traders said. December […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, hogs finish strong for the week
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures hit record high; hogs slide
Chicago / Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle reached a record high on Thursday, helped by futures’ discounts to last week’s cash cattle prices and short-covering after recent market losses, traders said. October, […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle finish down, but off session lows
Chicago / Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures sagged Wednesday on profit-taking and fund selling, but strong wholesale beef values helped pull prices off morning lows, traders said. October closed down 0.200 cent […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs turn higher on short-covering
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs closed higher Tuesday, supported by short-covering and speculative buying after recent market losses, traders said. December finished 1.15 cents per pound […] Read more
CME to include electronic trades in livestock settlement prices
Chicago | Reuters –– CME Group will begin including electronic trades in the calculation of daily settlement prices for its live cattle, feeder cattle and lean hog contracts, the exchange […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle jump with beef prices
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures settled higher on Monday, fueled by the rebound in wholesale beef prices that helped erase Friday’s market losses, traders said. […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle pare initial gains before USDA report
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures settled lower on Friday, pressured by profit-taking ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle-On-Feed report, traders said. Most […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Cash price record lifts CME live cattle to new high
Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures touched a new high on Thursday in response to record-high prices for market-ready, or cash, cattle, traders said. Cash cattle […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rebound with beef prices
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Wednesday erased Tuesday’s losses, aided by short-covering and the upswing in wholesale beef prices, traders said. October closed up […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slide from record high on profit-taking
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Tuesday on profit-taking after hitting an all-time high earlier in the session, traders said. October closed down […] Read more