Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures ended the week mixed on Friday, as traders and analysts said technical and algorithmic trading sent contract prices whipsawing […] Read more
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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle mixed, feeder cattle firm
Lean hogs up with pork cutout
Stocker calf prices boom, but cow herd rebuild unlikely
Smaller calves are going to market in record numbers, for record prices
Higher prices for beef stocker calves in the fall run have increased optimism and profits for cow-calf producers after a few challenging years. The last week of October is the […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Cattle sell-off sends nearby contracts plunging
CME hogs mixed in choppy trade
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures fell sharply on Thursday, amid fund liquidation, growing concern over consumer demand and signs of prices falling in the cash […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rally late in session on technical buying
Hogs down on technical selling
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures saw a choppy day of trading on Wednesday, before rallying later in the session on short-covering and technical buying, traders […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures sink to May lows
CME December hogs continue higher
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures sank to their lowest prices since May on Tuesday on fund liquidation and profit-taking, traders said. Follow-through selling pressured the markets after losses […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME cattle slide on concerns over beef demand
Chicago December lean hogs settle higher
Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures dropped to their lowest level in more than a week at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Monday on concerns about the risk for […] Read more
Research shows controlled bunk feeding improves feed-to-gain ratio
Ontario study shows consistency in feed delivery, feed mix order and mix time improves feed efficiency
Monitoring the behaviour of cattle at the feed bunk can help maintain rumen health and improve efficiencies in feedlots. Given crop production costs, feed inputs and time invested in nutritional […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME hog, cattle futures down on profit-taking
Cash hog values seen softer
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) hog futures closed lower on Friday, retreating on a round of profit-taking after the benchmark December contract rose to its highest level […] Read more
CCIA to track certified sustainable beef
The Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef says greater data visibility will help it find the holes in its pipeline
Glacier FarmMedia – A new partnership with the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency will help Canada’s certified sustainable beef system find out where cattle are dropping out of the supply chain, […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs soar as U.S. Fed piques investors’ risk appetite
Beef, pork export sales above four-week average
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle and hog futures rose on Thursday following broad strength in Wall Street equities, crude oil and other commodities, as investors’ risk […] Read more
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