Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. lean hog futures fell sharply on Wednesday, led by declines in the front-month June contract on technical and fund selling that was linked to an […] Read more
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U.S. livestock: Hogs fall on technical selloff
U.S. livestock: Live cattle firm on short-covering, beef gains
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures edged higher on Tuesday, lifted by technical buying and short-covering tied to recent gains in wholesale beef prices, traders and analysts said. […] Read more
Klassen: Feeder market bounces off previous lows
Western Canadian feeder cattle prices traded $5-$8 above week-ago levels with quality groups of steers selling for as much as $10 higher. Renewed optimism surfaced amongst feedlot operators as feeding […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle finish mostly higher
Chicago | Reuters — Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts landed in positive territory on Monday, after investors bought deferred months and simultaneously sold June futures in a trading […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Hogs gain most since December on strong cash markets
Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. lean hogs surged as much as 2.5 per cent for their biggest daily gains since December on Wednesday, lifted by rising cash prices and wholesale […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Hogs jump, cattle firm on gains in meat prices
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hogs gained the most in a week on Tuesday while cattle futures rose for the eighth straight session, with each commodity rising in tandem […] Read more
Klassen: Drop in fed cattle prices weighs on feeder complex
Alberta fed cattle prices dropped sharply last week, with dressed sales falling $10 to $20 from seven days earlier. Despite the weakening Canadian dollar, wholesale beef prices also fell US$10/cwt […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Cattle hit 3-1/2 week high on cash gains
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures jumped as much as two per cent to the highest levels in nearly a month on Monday, lifted by gains in the […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle climb for sixth straight session
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Friday stretched their consecutive win streak to six sessions, helped by optimism for cash prices by late afternoon that […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rally fifth day in a row
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished higher for a fifth successive session on Thursday, driven by lighter cattle weights and the morning’s firm wholesale beef […] Read more
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