Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures fell Thursday on a wave of follow-through selling after contracts posted their first losses in more than a week on Wednesday. […] Read more
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U.S. livestock: CME cattle down second day in a row
Chicago lean hogs close firm
U.S. livestock: CME cattle weaken off new contract highs
Lean hogs down off highest since mid-May
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures weakened on a technical setback on Wednesday, closing in negative territory after rising to fresh contract highs during the session. Hog […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME cattle rally to contract highs
July lean hogs also higher
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures rallied to fresh contract highs on Tuesday, supported by technical buying and strength in the cash market, traders said. Livestock traders […] Read more
Klassen: Texas flooding lifts Canadian feeder market
Fed cattle in counter-seasonal trend
For the week ending Sunday, western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $6-$8 higher. In some cases, quality yearling packages traded as much as $10 above week-ago levels. Live and feeder […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures rise, hog futures dip
Wholesale pork highest since mid-November
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange extended their rally on Monday, with strong cash prices and technical buyers pushing the market higher. Live cattle contracts have risen for eight […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME cattle extend rally on surging cash market
Lean hogs follow firm trend
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures extended their run of life-of-contract highs on Friday, supported by a jump in cash cattle prices this week along with […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle soar as cash prices explode
Lean hog futures mostly lower
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures surged on Thursday as cash cattle traded as high as US$180/cwt in Texas and Kansas, up to US$9 higher than […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs bounce on short-covering
Cattle futures up with beef prices, tighter supplies
Chicago | Reuters — Benchmark July lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange jumped nearly five per cent on Wednesday, extending their two-day rally to 11 per cent on […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs limit-up on bargain buying
Cash and beef values lift cattle futures
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures surged their daily limit on Tuesday, rebounding from Friday’s life-of-contract lows on a round of bargain-buying and short-covering toward the end […] Read more
Klassen: Canadian feeder market rationing demand
Improvement seen in feeding margins
For the week ending Saturday, western Canadian feeder markets averaged $3-$6/cwt higher compared to seven days earlier. Weakness in the Canadian dollar along with strength in the deferred live cattle […] Read more