Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures plunged for a second straight session on Friday on fund long liquidation, closing out a volatile week of trading in the livestock pits with prices for live and feeder cattle contracts ending near the week's lows.
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U.S. Livestock: CME cattle down sharply on fund selling, ending near week’s lows
CME lean hog futures followed cattle contracts lower
U.S. livestock: CME cattle drop on fund selling, beef demand concerns
Chicago lean hogs continue higher
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures dropped on Thursday after two sessions of gains, pressured by fund long liquidation and as higher corn feed prices and worries […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME cattle gain for second straight day after selloff
Chicago lean hog futures also firm
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures rose for a second consecutive session on Wednesday on short covering and follow-through technical and bargain buying after the market plunged […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME cattle up on short covering, discount to cash
Short covering also lifts CME hogs
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures surged on Tuesday in a short-covering rebound from multi-month lows in the prior session, supported by the market’s steep discount to […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Fund selling sends CME cattle to multi-month lows
February hogs touch contract low
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures tumbled sharply for a second straight session on Monday on fund long liquidation, technical selling and concerns about slowing beef demand […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME cattle collapse to March lows
Chicago February hogs set contract low
Chicago | Reuters — Cattle futures sank to their lowest levels in nearly eight months at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Friday on increased concerns about easing demand for U.S. […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs mixed after approaching four-week low
Chicago cattle futures end lower
Chicago | Reuters — Lean hog futures hit their lowest level in about four weeks on Wednesday before ending mixed as traders adjusted positions before the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. The […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs near four-week low amid large supply
Cattle futures slip lower
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures fell to their lowest price in nearly four weeks on Tuesday as large supplies hung over the market. Technical selling […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME cattle sag on weakness in equities, cash cattle market
Futures prices indicate that cash prices in the south may fall further
Weakness in equities and the cash cattle market weighed on futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), brokers said. Futures markets rose the previous three days in a turnaround from multi-month lows reached last Friday.
U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures extend gains, await U.S. data
Fund liquidation and technical selling seem exhausted after driving live cattle to Friday lows
U.S. cattle futures extended gains on Wednesday as traders adjusted positions after steep losses last week and ahead of monthly supply data due on Friday.