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CME February 2019 live cattle with 20- and 50-day moving averages in light and dark red respectively. (Barchart)

U.S. livestock: Hogs slump on technical selling, cattle rebound

By Karl Plume December 18, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures fell for a fourth consecutive session on Tuesday led by the actively traded February contract, which hit a 4-1/2-week low on pressure from its premium over cash hog prices. Ample hog and pork supplies weighed on nearby futures contracts, while losses in deferred months were […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market bounces off recent lows

By Jerry Klassen December 17, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes Compared to last week, yearlings traded $5 to as much as $10 higher while calf markets strengthened by $4-$8. Southern Alberta experienced winds of extreme nature over the past few weeks, which caused buyers to shy away from the market; however, with year-end right around the corner, pent-up demand stepped forward with a vengeance in […] Read more

CME February 2019 lean hogs with 50-day moving average. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs drop on technical selling

By Karl Plume December 17, 2018

Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures fell for a third straight session on Monday as technical selling and profit-taking dragged prices to a 4-1/2-week low. Another steep sell-off in equities markets also stoked concerns that meat demand may not meet earlier expectations over the coming months. “Today we sucked more futures […] Read more

CME February 2019 live cattle with 20-day moving average. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle hit six-week high on technical buying

By Michael Hirtzer December 12, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures rose sharply for the second straight session on Wednesday, reaching a six-week high, on technical buying and expectations that beef packers would pay higher prices for cattle this week, traders said. Cattle futures had declined earlier on Tuesday before turning higher and then surpassing the previous session’s […] Read more

CME February 2019 live cattle futures with 20-day moving average. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle, lean hogs mostly lower

By Michael Hirtzer December 10, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. livestock futures were mostly lower on Monday, with both live cattle and lean hogs succumbing to pressure from technical selling and expectations for weaker cash prices, traders and analysts said. Prices for each eased amid a lack of fresh fundamental news to propel gains. Hogs had climbed last week, lifted […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs rebound

By Karl Plume December 7, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures closed out the week on a positive note on Friday as hopes for a pickup in pork sales to China fueled speculative buying that lifted prices more than one per cent and reversed the prior session’s losses. The market remains focused on trade talks between the U.S. […] Read more

CME February 2019 live cattle with 50-day moving average. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs drop on trade worry after Huawei arrest

By Karl Plume December 6, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures fell for the third time in four sessions on Thursday on worries about rising U.S.-China trade tensions following the arrest of a Chinese executive in Canada, but the market clawed back most of the losses by the close. After optimism that trade talks last weekend between Washington […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs rebound on demand hopes, pork margins

By Karl Plume December 5, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures rebounded on Wednesday after two sessions of declines as improving meat packer margins and hopes for more pork sales to China buoyed the market. Traders are anticipating more pork sales to China following surprise sales to the world’s largest hog and pork market last week. Washington and […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs slip on trade truce worries

By Karl Plume December 4, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures fell for a second consecutive session on Tuesday on concern over a trade truce agreement reached over the weekend between the U.S. and China, the world’s top hog and pork market. Global stock markets tumbled on Tuesday as optimism waned that the U.S. and China could quickly […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs ease, await trade truce benefits

By Karl Plume December 3, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures closed mostly lower on Monday in a profit-taking setback from near two-highs as traders awaited further confirmation of pork purchases by China following a thaw in tense trade relations over the weekend. At a gathering of G20 countries in Argentina on Saturday, the White House agreed to […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Hogs slump on technical selling, cattle rebound

Klassen: Feeder market bounces off recent lows

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs drop on technical selling

U.S. livestock: Cattle hit six-week high on technical buying

U.S. livestock: Live cattle, lean hogs mostly lower

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs rebound

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs drop on trade worry after Huawei arrest

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs rebound on demand hopes, pork margins

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs slip on trade truce worries

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs ease, await trade truce benefits

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