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CBOT December 2023 oats with cash contract price overlay (brown line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

Oat cash prices don’t immediately follow CBOT movement

One trader can push market around, trader says

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MarketsFarm — While oats on the Chicago Board of Trade rallied recently, upward movement in cash prices was varied. Even as that rally came to its eventual end, cash prices on the Canadian Prairies did not budge a great deal. Over nine consecutive sessions, the December oat contract at Chicago pushed higher by 29.5 U.S. […] Read more
CME December 2023 live cattle with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME cattle rise on hopes for cash prices

Hogs also higher; livestock futures down on month

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange livestock futures crept higher on Tuesday as the cattle markets continued to rebound from multi-month lows reached last week. Expectations for higher cash prices this week and beyond helped to underpin futures, analysts said. Cash prices improved on Friday, compared to the middle of last week. CME October […] Read more
File photo of a barley seedling. (SusanHSmith/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Rain falls, grain prices to follow

U.S. corn values expected to decline

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MarketsFarm — Feed grain prices in Western Canada are showing the usual seasonal weakness as spring seeding continues, but prices are set to fall further. “I think as we get going, (prices) are going to lower down quite a bit,” Mike Fleischhauer of Eagle Commodities Ltd. at Lethbridge said. “The corn market over the next […] Read more
CME June 2023 lean hogs with 20- and 50-day moving averages and CME cash lean hog index (blue line). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs pressured by cheap cash prices, softer pork prices

Nearby live cattle higher, feeder cattle down

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures declined on Wednesday, snapping a three-session advance, pressured by a discounted cash hog market and declining wholesale pork prices, traders said. CME June lean hog futures settled down 2.325 cents at 84.875 cents/lb. and the July contract fell 2.575 cents to end at 85.55 cents […] Read more
CME June 2023 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle hit five-week low

Technical selling, economic worries add pressure; June hogs up

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures dropped to their lowest level in more than five weeks on Tuesday as technical selling and concerns about the U.S. economy weighed on prices, analysts said. Economic worries increased after the failure over the weekend of First Republic Bank. Wall Street stock indexes sagged ahead […] Read more
CME June 2023 live cattle with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Sizzling cash cattle prices ignite rally in CME futures

April hogs up, June down

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures leapt to contract highs on Thursday as cash prices soared, stoking concerns about tightening U.S. supplies. Meatpackers had to be aggressive in the cash market, brokers said, after ranchers have reduced their herds due to high feed costs and drought in the western U.S. Cattle […] Read more
CME June 2023 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle set contract high as cash prices jump

USDA sees hog farrowing intentions down on year

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures strengthened on Thursday, with the front-month contract setting a new high, as cash prices climbed. Cash cattle trades of around $170-$171/cwt in western Nebraska and around $172/cwt in northwest Iowa ignited the rally in futures, analysts said (all figures US$). Cash prices were up about […] Read more
CME February 2023 live cattle with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures firm, tight supplies underpin

Hogs up off 13-month lows

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures firmed on Wednesday, supported by tightening cattle supplies and strong cash trade that continue to push front-month futures to near eight-year highs. “The cash price outlook right now is very firm,” said Doug Houghton, technical analyst at Brock Capital Management. “The overall supply outlook is for […] Read more
CME October 2022 lean hogs (candlesticks, right column) with 20- and 100-day moving averages (pink and brown lines) and CME cash lean hog index (black line, left column). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs fall on weak exports

Softer cash values drag on live cattle futures

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures fell on Thursday, pressured by softening wholesale pork prices and weak export demand, analysts said. “We’re going to have more supply coming at us, and that’s putting pressure on the wholesale market,” said Altin Kalo, economist at Steiner Consulting Group. CME October lean hogs fell […] Read more

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