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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U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs soar as U.S. Fed piques investors’ risk appetite
Beef, pork export sales above four-week average
U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans climb as China pushes demand
December wheat up, corn down
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Thursday after China said imports will likely stay high as it sets an all-time record for purchases of the crop this […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME cattle firm on cash market optimism
Lean hog futures end lower
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures closed modestly higher on Wednesday, with the benchmark December contract extending its rebound from a four-month low set last […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn drops to seven-week low
Wheat, soybeans move higher
Chicago | Reuters — Benchmark U.S. corn futures fell to their lowest point in seven weeks on Wednesday as the harvest continued and showed better than expected yields, while weather […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: Demand, not interest rates, affecting markets
U.S. Fed decision 'pretty much factored in'
MarketsFarm — While key interest rates in the United States will stay put for the time being, corn and wheat prices on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) declined steadily […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat down on supply concerns, soft demand
K.C., MGEX wheats also set contract lows; corn, soy up
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell across the board on Tuesday on soft demand and as supply concerns weakened in the Southern Hemisphere, while soybean futures pushed higher […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME cattle rise on hopes for cash prices
Hogs also higher; livestock futures down on month
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 […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle recover off recent slide, eye cash prices
Lean hogs also align with cash prices
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures topped a one-week high on Monday as the market recovered from steep losses last week. Firm prices in the cash […] Read more
U.S. grains: South America rains push soy futures down
Wheat, corn futures also drop
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures declined about one per cent on Monday on profit-taking and pressure from beneficial rains over the last few days in South American crop […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle recover off May-level low
Live cattle, lean hogs also higher
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures fell to their lowest level since May on Friday before ending higher, while live cattle recovered from June lows reached […] Read more