Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures slumped Thursday in anticipation of lower-trending cash hog prices, traders and analysts said. Mixed cash hog returns on Thursday suggest negative margins prompted some packers […] Read more
LIVESTOCK: U.S. hog futures drop in anticipation of lower cash
LIVESTOCK-climbing pork prices pull up U.S. hog futures
Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures rose on Tuesday in response to sharply higher wholesale pork prices, traders and analysts said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Tuesday morning mandatory wholesale pork […] Read more
Ebbing beef prices pare early U.S. cattle futures gains
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle on Monday sagged with lower wholesale beef prices, said analysts and traders. The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday afternoon quoted the wholesale price of […] Read more
U.S. cattle futures sag before USDA report
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle sagged Friday as investors awaited the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly cattle-on-feed report on Friday at 2 p.m. CDT. Analysts expect the data to show […] Read more
LIVESTOCK-Fund buying boosts u.s. cattle futures
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle climbed Thursday on fund buying after futures broke through key technical resistance levels, traders and analysts said. August live cattle finished at 122.100 cents, or0.800 […] Read more
Livestock – U.S. cattle futures wilt with beef demand
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell on Wednesday as wholesale beef prices slumped amid scorching heat in parts of the country, traders and analysts said. “Conditions like these don’t […] Read more
Rising temperatures heat up U.S. hog futures
Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures on Tuesday rose in anticipation of hot weather in the U.S. Plains pushing up cash hog prices, traders and analysts said. Hot humid weather tends […] Read more
Slumping beef demand weakens U.S. live cattle futures
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures posted modest losses on Friday with lower wholesale beef prices, traders and analysts said. August live cattle closed down 0.075 cent per pound, […] Read more
Most U.S. hog futures slide with cash, pork prices
Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures finished weaker on Thursday with lower cash hog and wholesale pork prices, traders and analysts said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Thursday morning mandatory […] Read more
U.S. hog futures spike, live cattle sag as funds roll
Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures spiked on Wednesday as funds sold the August contract and bought deferred months led by the Standard + Poor’s Goldman Sachs Commodity Index (S+PGSCI). Funds […] Read more