Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) livestock futures mostly ended lower on Thursday, as a sluggish cash market weighed on nearly all cattle markets and hog traders continued to wrestle with concerns about demand for hefty pork supplies, analysts said.
U.S. livestock: CME cattle, lean hog futures weighed by demand questions
Plains blizzards and cold winter weather stressed animals and impacted weight gain
U.S. livestock: CME lean hog, cattle future contracts mixed
Live cattle futures eased on profit-taking and weaker-than-expected cash trades
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) feeder cattle futures firmed on Wednesday, seeing a boost from weakness in the grain market and as the trade tried to spur ranchers to rebuild their herds, analysts said.
U.S. grains: Chicago soybean, grain futures firm ahead of holidays
Railways between U.S. and Mexico reopened five days after key trade routes closed
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Board of Trade soybean and grain futures firmed on Friday, as traders adjusted their positions before the year-end holidays after a flurry of economic data showed underlying inflation pressures continuing to ease.
U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs firm, but face bigger-than-expected US herd
Live cattle ended the day down, feeder cattle were up
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs turned higher on a technical bump on Friday, and cattle futures were mixed on moderate cash trades, traders said.
U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures face renewed pressure
Lean hog futures ended the day mixed
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures were mostly sharply lower on Thursday as traders sold off or shifted their positions ahead of a series of key government reports, analysts said.
U.S. grains: Soybeans fall on Brazilian rain forecasts
Corn up on technical bounce, wheat up on weaker dollar
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago soybean futures fell on Thursday as traders focused on forecasts calling for rain in Brazil, tempering some concerns over yield losses in the world's top oilseed exporter.
U.S. grains: Chicago corn futures hit new lows
Exports being lost because of US-Mexico rail crossing closures, industry says
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago front-months' corn contracts hit new lows on Wednesday after the U.S. government closed two key rail crossings into Mexico, the top importer of U.S. corn, in response to rising migrant crossings.
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures firm on hopes of higher cash prices
The trade is expecting a smaller hog herd, Reuters survey shows
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures firmed on Wednesday amid technical trading, weakness in U.S. corn futures and hopes of higher cash prices next week as packers close out the year, analysts said.
U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans turn lower on rain forecast in Brazil
Wheat futures rose on a technical bounce
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago soybean futures turned lower on Tuesday, as weather forecasts called for Brazil's dry crop belts getting some much-needed rainfall in the coming days.
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle mixed, feeder cattle firm
Lean hogs up with pork cutout
Reading Time: 2 minutes 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 during the session. Feeder cattle futures firmed as Chicago corn futures posted a third straight weekly decline, as grain markets continued to react to a […] Read more
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