Reading Time: < 1 minute Most active February live cattle futures settled at 193.700 cents per pound, down 1.875 cents a pound from Tuesday. March live cattle futures fell 2.025 cents per pound to 266.025 cents a pound.
U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures fall; lean hogs make slight gains
U.S. Livestock: Cattle futures running into resistance at highs
Reading Time: < 1 minute Cattle futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange continued to rise Tuesday. Most active February live cattle futures ended up 0.375 cents per pound at 195.575 cents a pound. Values hit fresh highs in many months, although ideas the market was looking overbought tempered the advances.
U.S. Livestock: Falling temps boost cattle futures
Reading Time: < 1 minute Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were stronger Monday, hitting fresh contract highs in many months as forecasts calling for cold temperatures across United States ranching areas raised concerns over reduced weight gains for grazing cattle.
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise sharply on low inventory
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: 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. 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. livestock: Cattle futures rise on strong beef, cash cattle markets
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures ended higher on Friday, buoyed by rising wholesale beef prices and firm cash cattle markets, traders said.
U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs end flat, demand for US pork underpins prices
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures finished flat on Tuesday as strong demand for U.S. pork underpinned the market a day after federal data showed the nation's herd was slightly bigger than expected, analysts said.
U.S. livestock: Live cattle mixed, feeder cattle firm on technical trading
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures were mixed on Monday, with nearby contracts turning lower as traders adjusted their positions after a neutral government supply report last week, market analysts said.
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise on fund buying
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live and feeder cattle contracts edged higher on Friday as commodity funds added to their net long positions amid near-record cash cattle prices and no signs of a herd rebuild, analysts said.
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