Compared to last week, western Canadian yearlings traded $2-$5 lower while calves were solidly $3 to as much as $8 lower. There’s a limit how far the cash trade can […] Read more
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Klassen: Feeder cattle rally loses steam
U.S. livestock: CME hog futures limit down on China trade fight, swine fever fears
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures plunged by the daily trading limit on Monday, and cattle was lower, amid worries about the spread of African swine fever and […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle fall again on lower beef, cash prices
Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. live cattle futures fell on Friday, with the actively traded Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) June contract down for a 10th straight session on sinking beef […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs mixed, nearbys up on export hopes
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures ended mixed on Thursday, with nearby futures contracts building on strong gains in the previous session on expectations that China would soon […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs limit up on technical buying, export hopes
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures rallied sharply on Wednesday with several contracts closing up the daily trading limit on technical buying and speculation that Chinese demand for […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle sink on fund liquidation, technical selling
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures fell on Tuesday, with the actively traded June contract down for a seventh straight session, as fund long liquidation and technical selling […] Read more
Klassen: Cash feeder market shrugs off lower futures
This past week, Alberta packers were buying fed cattle in the range of $270-$274 on a dressed basis, up $2-$4 from seven days earlier. Strength in the fed cattle market […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs drop on demand concerns, plentiful supplies
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures fell for a third straight session on Monday on large supplies of hogs and worries about cooling domestic and export demand for […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs post third weekly slide
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures declined on Friday, pressured by soft cash markets and long liquidation, traders said. The benchmark June lean hogs contract on the Chicago […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs limit down on disappointing export sales
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures plunged on Thursday, with the five most actively traded contracts settling down the daily three-cent-per-pound limit after weekly U.S. export data showed […] Read more
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