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U.S. livestock: Cash prices propel CME hogs to one-year high

By Theopolis Waters January 9, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs on Monday reached their highest level in almost a year as packers competed for supplies during the first full week of production after the New Year’s holiday, said traders. The February contract led the charge after investors bought that trading month and simultaneously sold deferred contracts. […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: CME cattle drop daily limit on lower cash market sales

By Karl Plume January 5, 2018

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell sharply on Friday and hit daily trading limits on weaker cash market prices and easing concerns that frigid weather in feedlot areas could disrupt marketings. Fund selling, or “rolling,” of lead-month positions into deferred months ahead of similar moves early next week added pressure. […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: CME cattle dip on mild Plains outlook, East Coast snow

By Karl Plume January 4, 2018

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures turned lower on Thursday in a technical selling and profit-taking setback and on concerns of a slowdown in beef demand in the storm-hit eastern United States, traders said. A winter storm continued its march up the U.S. East Coast on Thursday, with blizzard warnings from […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Hogs turn up on cash, wholesale pork prices

By Theopolis Waters January 3, 2018

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs finished higher on Wednesday after stronger cash and wholesale pork prices pared some of Tuesday’s losses, said traders. Funds periodically sold, or “rolled,” lead-month positions into deferred months ahead of similar moves early next week. Monday will be the first of five days that funds in […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: CME cattle rally on higher cash, beef prices

By Karl Plume January 2, 2018

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rallied about 1.5 percent on Tuesday on fund buying and stronger cash cattle and beef prices, traders said. Frigid temperatures in U.S. Plains cattle producing areas also supported futures as such weather could slow down cattle weight gains, making them less available to packers. Actively […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle retreat from seven-week high

By Theopolis Waters December 29, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle Friday closed lower on technical selling and caution before cash prices by day’s end — but not before futures initially hit a seven-week high, said traders. Investors tweaked positions on the last session of 2017 for CME live cattle that gained 3.4 per cent for the […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Cash price optimism boosts CME live cattle

By Theopolis Waters December 28, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle on Thursday reached a seven-week high, propelled by expectations for steady-to-higher cash prices by week’s end, said traders. Thursday’s wholesale beef price upswing, short-covering and year-end positioning furthered market advances, they said. December live cattle, which will expire on Friday, closed 2.525 cents/lb. higher at 124.55 […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: CME hogs ease from 10-month top on lower cash prices

By Theopolis Waters December 27, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs on Wednesday slid from a 10-month high, weakened by profit-taking and less money paid by packers for slaughter-ready, or cash, hogs, said analysts. February closed 0.5 cent lower at 71.025 cents (all figures US$). April ended down 0.1 cent, at 75.275 cents. Processors need fewer animals […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle surge on beef demand, cash price hopes

By Theopolis Waters December 27, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished higher on Tuesday, driven by strong wholesale beef values that generated cash price optimism for this week, said traders. Investors bought deferred months and simultaneously sold December futures before its Dec. 29 expiration. Fund buying contributed to market advances. December live cattle finished up […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle mostly lower after USDA report

By Theopolis Waters December 22, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — The bulk of Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts closed lower on Friday, pressured by the morning’s bearish U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) monthly Cattle on Feed report, said traders. USDA’s data showed more cattle than expected entered feedlots in November than a year ago, which analysts attributed to low-cost feed […] Read more

Tag Archives hog futures — page 51

U.S. livestock: Cash prices propel CME hogs to one-year high

U.S. livestock: CME cattle drop daily limit on lower cash market sales

U.S. livestock: CME cattle dip on mild Plains outlook, East Coast snow

U.S. livestock: Hogs turn up on cash, wholesale pork prices

U.S. livestock: CME cattle rally on higher cash, beef prices

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle retreat from seven-week high

U.S. livestock: Cash price optimism boosts CME live cattle

U.S. livestock: CME hogs ease from 10-month top on lower cash prices

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle surge on beef demand, cash price hopes

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle mostly lower after USDA report

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