Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures, on a continuous lead-month chart basis, marked a record high Thursday for a second straight session after cash prices also topped last week’s record. […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle hit new highs with cash prices
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end lower, up 3.5 per cent for year
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures settled lower on Tuesday in all contracts except spot December as traders evened positions on the last trading day of 2013, but the market […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Beef price hike extends CME live cattle gains
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Monday landed in positive territory for a third straight session, fuelled by sharply higher wholesale beef prices, traders said. Monday morning’s wholesale price […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Strong cash prices drive up CME live cattle
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher in light volume on Friday, led by short-covering stirred by better-than-anticipated cash prices, traders said. Cash cattle in Texas moved at mostly […] Read more
U.S. hog herd dips slightly, with record pigs per litter
The U.S. hog herd held declined slightly in the latest quarter compared to a year earlier, and fell just short of average trade forecasts, a U.S. government report showed on […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle lifted by short covering
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Thursday on short-covering in an otherwise quiet post-holiday session, traders said. December live cattle futures finished 0.35 cent higher at 132.7 […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Profit-taking weakens CME live cattle
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures posted modest losses on Tuesday as investors pocketed profits before the Christmas holiday, traders said. December live cattle futures finished 0.35 cent per pound […] Read more
U.S. livestock: USDA report extends CME live cattle gains
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Monday rose for a third straight session, buoyed by last Friday’s bullish U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly cattle-on-feed report, traders said. Friday’s USDA […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rise before USDA report
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 at 2 p.m. CT, traders said. Most […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Lower cash prices pressure CME live cattle
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle on Wednesday closed lower in response to lower prices in light cash trading, traders and analysts said. Wednesday morning, a few cash cattle traded in […] Read more