Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) feeder cattle futures reached life-of-contract highs, while live cattle futures hit multi-month peaks on Thursday, as meat packers struggled to find inventory, analysts said.
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise sharply on low inventory
U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn rise in choppy trading on South American weather concerns
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago soybean and corn futures were higher in see-saw trading on the first trading day of 2025, supported by ongoing concerns related to dry weather in South America, especially Argentina, a leading producer of both commodities.
U.S. livestock: Lean hog futures fall on year-end position squaring, demand doubts
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures fell to two-month lows on Tuesday, as traders squared positions before the year's end and uncertainty lingered over export demand in the coming months, market analysts said.
U.S. grains: Chicago soy, grain futures settle up, but fall for the year
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago soybean, corn and wheat futures rallied on Tuesday on short-covering and concerns over weather conditions in South America and Russia, market analysts said.
U.S. livestock: Lean hog futures fall on domestic, export demand uncertainty
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures fell to two-month lows on Monday, hit by profit-taking and growing uncertainty over domestic and export demand in the coming months, market analysts said.
U.S. grains: Corn falls on profit-taking after reaching 6-month high
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade corn futures turned lower on profit-taking after the benchmark contract Cv1 hit a six-month high in choppy trade ahead of the year's end, market analysts said.
U.S. livestock: CME feeders fall on news US may resume Mexico cattle imports
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) feeder cattle futures fell on Friday, on news the U.S. could resume feeder cattle imports from Mexico after Washington suspended cattle imports from Mexico over a case of New World screwworm.
U.S. grains: Grains ease on technical selling, export demand uncertainty
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade corn futures eased on Friday on technical selling and disappointment in the size of weekly export sales, analysts said.
U.S. grains: Corn, wheat fall as dollar gains, export sales disappoint
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn and wheat futures fell back on Thursday on a stronger dollar following rate cuts by the European Central Bank, technical trading and slower-than-anticipated weekly export sales, according to analysts.
U.S. cattle: CME cattle futures close lower on technical selling
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures fell in a technical reversal on Thursday after three days of gains, while lean hogs rebounded from three days of long-liquidation losses, analysts said.
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