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U.S. livestock: Funds, weather extend CME live cattle gains

By Theopolis Waters February 2, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Friday finished higher for the second day in a row, with help from fund buying and another wintry blast in parts of the U.S. Plains, said traders. Bitter cold tends to slow cattle weight gains, while hazardous conditions disrupt movement of livestock to market. […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle limit up on fund buying

By Theopolis Waters February 1, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Thursday touched a three-month top, spurred by short-covering and fund buying, said traders. April closed up its three-cent-per-pound daily price limit (all figures US$). Investors bought that contract and simultaneously sold February. The limit will expand to 4.5 cents on Friday. February live cattle […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle post losses, but off session lows

By Reuters January 30, 2018

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Tuesday settled lower, weighed down by profit-taking and initial fund liquidation, said traders. Rising wholesale beef values and CME live cattle futures’ discount to prices for slaughter-ready or cash cattle lifted contracts from session bottoms. February live cattle finished 0.875 cents/lb. lower at 124.825 […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Strong cash trade lifts CME live cattle

By Julie Ingwersen January 29, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose on Monday, riding a tailwind from Friday’s higher-than-expected prices for market-ready, or cash, cattle, traders said. February live cattle finished 1.1 cents/lb. higher at 125.7 cents and most-active April settled up 0.375 cents at 125 cents (all figures US$). After futures closed on Friday, […] Read more

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Drought lands more cattle into U.S. feedlots than expected

By Theopolis Waters January 26, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Ranchers sent nearly one per cent more cattle to U.S. feedlots in December than the same time a year earlier, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported on Friday. The result topped most analysts’ predictions, mainly led by worsening drought in the U.S. southern Plains that shriveled available winter wheat grazing pasture. […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Cattle rebound after sharp drop

By Reuters January 26, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose on Friday, with strength in the cash market underpinning a technical rebound from Thursday’s sharp decline, traders said. “We had a break that was a surprisingly quick break from the top,” said Don Roose, president of U.S. Commodities. “Today we brought back the technical […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Cattle sink after hitting highest since early November

By Reuters January 25, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures dropped 2.2 percent after hitting their highest level in 2-1/2 months on Thursday, snapping a three-day winning streak as a rebound in the U.S. dollar sparked a round of profit-taking. “The pushback on the U.S. dollar maybe caught a few people off-guard,” said Rich Nelson, chief strategist with […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Cattle rise on beef gains, fund buying

By Michael Hirtzer January 24, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures climbed to a near two-month high on Wednesday, rising for the third straight session on firm beef prices and investment fund buying, traders and analysts said. A reduced rate of cattle slaughter following a winter storm in the U.S. Plains that disrupted the transportation of animals earlier this […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Beef quotes send CME live cattle higher

By Theopolis Waters January 23, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Tuesday gained after triggering buy stops, spurred by the morning’s wholesale beef price rebound, traders said. Firmer wholesale beef values stirred bull spreads, in which traders bought February futures and simultaneously sold deferred months. February live cattle finished 1.175 cents/lb. higher at 124.725 cents […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Weather, cash prices rally CME live cattle

By Theopolis Waters January 22, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures turned higher on Monday, spurred by last Friday’s strong cash prices and the start this week of another round of wintry weather in parts of the northern U.S. Plains, traders said. February live cattle finished 1.65 cents/lb. at 123.55 cents (all figures US$). April ended […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Funds, weather extend CME live cattle gains

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle limit up on fund buying

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle post losses, but off session lows

U.S. livestock: Strong cash trade lifts CME live cattle

Drought lands more cattle into U.S. feedlots than expected

U.S. livestock: Cattle rebound after sharp drop

U.S. livestock: Cattle sink after hitting highest since early November

U.S. livestock: Cattle rise on beef gains, fund buying

U.S. livestock: Beef quotes send CME live cattle higher

U.S. livestock: Weather, cash prices rally CME live cattle

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