Chicago | Reuters — Short-covering lifted Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and feeder futures on Tuesday, analysts said, extending a recovery from springtime lows reached last week. The markets were […] Read more
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U.S. livestock: Short-covering boosts CME cattle after recent decline
The U.S. hog market traded sideways on Tuesday

U.S. livestock: CME cattle up off last week’s sell-off
Lean hog futures also turn higher
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and feeder futures advanced on Monday in a rebound from recent declines to multi-month lows. Short-covering helped boost the markets, as […] Read more

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle mixed, feeder cattle firm
Lean hogs up with pork cutout
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures ended the week mixed on Friday, as traders and analysts said technical and algorithmic trading sent contract prices whipsawing […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Cattle sell-off sends nearby contracts plunging
CME hogs mixed in choppy trade
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures fell sharply on Thursday, amid fund liquidation, growing concern over consumer demand and signs of prices falling in the cash […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rally late in session on technical buying
Hogs down on technical selling
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures saw a choppy day of trading on Wednesday, before rallying later in the session on short-covering and technical buying, traders […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures sink to May lows
CME December hogs continue higher
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures sank to their lowest prices since May on Tuesday on fund liquidation and profit-taking, traders said. Follow-through selling pressured the markets after losses […] Read more

U.S. livestock: CME cattle slide on concerns over beef demand
Chicago December lean hogs settle higher
Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures dropped to their lowest level in more than a week at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Monday on concerns about the risk for […] Read more

U.S. livestock: CME hog, cattle futures down on profit-taking
Cash hog values seen softer
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) hog futures closed lower on Friday, retreating on a round of profit-taking after the benchmark December contract rose to its highest level […] Read more

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs soar as U.S. Fed piques investors’ risk appetite
Beef, pork export sales above four-week average
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

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