Chicago | Reuters — Chart-based and fund selling dragged Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures to their lowest level in more than a week on Tuesday while feeder cattle hit […] Read more
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U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle dip to three-week low
Live cattle also drop, hogs mixed ahead of USDA report
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slip, but stay near recent highs
December hogs up off three-week low
Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange eased on Monday as the market pulled back slightly from life-of-contract highs set last week. The markets remain […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME cattle up on bargain-buying, tight supplies
Hogs down in profit-taking
Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed higher on Friday on tight U.S. cattle supplies and bargain-buying a day after the benchmark December contract […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME cattle end firm, consolidate below recent highs
Hogs up on discount to cash price index
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Wednesday as the market consolidated just below life-of-contract highs touched a day earlier. Tightening U.S. cattle supplies […] Read more
Editorial: Livestock has a sustainability role, too
The emphasis on reducing greenhouse gas emissions has been the dominating subject in agriculture for quite some time, and will likely continue. I am inundated with notices of events and […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Chicago hogs turn upward
Cattle futures down on day
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures turned solidly upward Tuesday, a day after most trading months except October booked declines. October lean hogs closed Tuesday at 84.85 cents/lb., up […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME cattle touch contract highs on cash prices, tight supplies
Lean hogs mixed in technical trading
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures scaled to life-of-contract highs on Friday on firmer cash market prices and tight supplies of market-ready animals, traders said. Feeder […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Tight supply drives CME live cattle to new highs
Hogs down off Wednesday's one-month high
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures galloped to new highs on Thursday on short-covering combined with continued concerns about U.S. tight supplies, brokers said. October live […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures ease in technical setback after highs
Nearby lean hogs also down on technical selling
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures retreated on Wednesday in a technical selling and profit-taking setback after hitting highs earlier in the week, traders […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures end mixed after hitting new highs
CME lean hogs mostly higher
Chicago | Reuters — Most of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder and live cattle futures hit new contract highs again on Tuesday, as tight U.S. supplies and forecast of a […] Read more