Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were mixed on Wednesday, and feeder cattle turned lower, as the U.S. dollar continued to recover and livestock traders remained uneasy about the health of the global economy, market analysts said.
U.S. livestock: Live cattle mixed, feeder cattle lower; lean hogs ease
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures swing wildly, fall on economy concerns
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures plunged sharply on Friday, with back-month feeder cattle contracts setting new lows, as signs of a weakening U.S. economy spurred market participants to unwind long positions and seek cover, traders said.
U.S. Grains: Soy, grain futures turn higher on economy concerns
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade grain and soybean futures turned higher on Friday as market participants and fund traders scrambled to cover their hefty short positions on signs of the U.S. economy weakening, market analysts said.
U.S. livestock: Lean hog futures higher on technical trade; cattle futures mixed
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures firmed on technical trading and weaker wholesale prices on Wednesday, while live cattle futures ended lower on a day of choppy trade, market analysts said.
U.S. livestock: Lean hog, cattle futures turn lower on demand questions
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) livestock futures turned lower on Monday, as cattle futures fell on signs of profit taking, a steady cattle cash market and uncertainty about consumer demand for beef this fall, market analysts said.
U.S. livestock: Technical trading sends CME livestock futures higher
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) livestock futures turned higher on Tuesday, with cattle futures continuing to firm amid signals that cash market prices may ease, market analysts said.
U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn touch two-week highs on short-covering, weather
Reading Time: 2 minutes The price rally in Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn futures extended into a second day on Tuesday, with the most-active contract Cv1 reaching a two-week high, as traders began to focus on weather-related impacts on the U.S. crop and short-covering, market analysts said.
U.S. grains: Soybeans rebound as market unwinds some of its ‘Trump trade’
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures jumped on Monday on a flurry of short covering, with prices rebounding from last week's 2020 lows as traders re-evaluated the U.S. political landscape after U.S. President Joe Biden abandoned his reelection bid on Sunday.
U.S. livestock: Livestock futures turn higher on technical trading
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures ended higher on Monday on technical trading, and as futures prices continued to hover well below the cash market levels, analysts said.
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end mixed; traders question slowed slaughter pace
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) nearby live cattle futures ended higher on Friday, amid technical trading ahead of a monthly government cattle supply report, analysts said.
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