The flow of young cattle into U.S. feedlots dropped by a smaller-than-expected two per cent last month, according to a government report on Friday — a decline that analysts attributed […] Read more
U.S. cattle placements slip in May amid higher feed costs
U.S. live cattle futures rally into USDA report
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle rallied, driven in part by positioning ahead of Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture monthly cattle-on-feed report, traders and analysts said. Analysts expect the report […] Read more
U.S. live cattle pulled down by Wall Street
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Thursday on selling fueled by the stock market’s sharp drop, which was caused by the U.S. Federal Reserve’s intention to curb […] Read more
U.S. live cattle rally with hog, corn futures
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle rallied on Wednesday with the rise fuelled by higher CME hogs and Chicago Board of Trade corn futures, traders and analysts said. They said […] Read more
U.S. hog futures climb with pork prices
Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures rose on Tuesday with U.S. supermarkets buying pork for July 4 holiday demand, traders and analysts said. Tuesday morning’s mandatory wholesale pork price report, or […] Read more
Beef demand drives up U.S. live cattle futures
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures rose on Monday driven in part by a five-year high in weekly U.S. beef exports, traders and analysts said. The turnaround in wholesale […] Read more
U.S. hog futures drop despite rising cash, pork prices
Aside from spot-June Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures, remaining contracts fell on profit taking, traders and analysts reported Friday. Most hog contracts slid despite higher cash hog and wholesale pork […] Read more
Profit-taking weakens most U.S. hog futures
Aside from spot-June Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures, other contracts on Thursday sagged on profit taking following an 11-day winning streak, traders and analysts said. Slipping wholesale pork prices and […] Read more
U.S. hog futures climb with pork prices
Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures on Wednesday notched their third straight day of hitting a two-year high, with planned U.S. July Fourth holiday cookouts boosting pork prices, traders and analysts […] Read more
U.S. hogs again notch two-year high on tight supplies
Reuters / Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures climbed to a two-year high for a second straight day on Tuesday with seasonally tight hog supplies boosting cash prices, traders and analysts […] Read more