CME December 2018 live cattle, with 20-day moving average. (Barchart)

U.S. livestock: Live cattle slip on weak cash outlook, lower beef

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures eased on Wednesday as a weak tone to the cash cattle market and lower beef prices anchored futures, traders said. Lower equities markets also cast a shadow over cattle futures as the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell for a fourth consecutive day, raising concerns about […] Read more

CME January 2019 feeder cattle with 20-day moving average. (Barchart)

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle rally from five-month low in technical bounce

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures rallied from five-month lows on Tuesday in a short-covering and technical-buying bounce, traders said. Live cattle futures followed feeders higher, although gains were clipped by limited packer demand for U.S. Plains feedlot cattle ahead of next week’s shortened Thanksgiving holiday week slaughter. Actively traded January […] Read more


CME February 2019 lean hogs with 20-day moving average. (Barchart)

U.S. livestock: Hogs rally on demand outlook, swine fever concern

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rallied more than one per cent on Monday on improving seasonal demand for pork and on concerns about the spread of African swine fever in China, traders said. Live cattle futures, meanwhile, were mostly lower on seasonally easing demand and as traders unwound intermarket spreads […] Read more

Cattle at a feedlot near North Platte, Nebraska. (AndrewLinscott/iStock/Getty Images)

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures drop most since June on weaker cash market

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell more than 1 percent on Friday, sagging under pressure from lower wholesale beef prices and slightly weaker trades in cash cattle markets in the southern Plains, traders said. Front-month December live cattle settled 1.975 cents lower at 114.575 cents per pound. The contract finished […] Read more


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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures gain on technical buying; hogs lower

Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters – U.S. cattle futures were narrowly higher on Thursday, buoyed by spreading and technical buying despite a downturn in wholesale beef prices, traders and analysts said. Live cattle futures climbed for the third straight session on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange as the market continued to claw back from steep losses on Monday. […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Hog futures rebound from 2-week low on short-covering

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures were mostly higher on Wednesday, rebounding from an early two-week low on support from calendar spreading and short-covering, traders and analysts said. But excessive hog supplies and increased pork production made the market vulnerable to further declines, with weaker prices for wholesale pork signaling a […] Read more


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U.S. livestock: Hog futures tumble on ample supplies, weak cash market

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Chicago lean hog futures fell as much as 5 percent on Tuesday, under pressure from abundant supplies and weaker prices in the Midwestern cash hog market, traders and analysts said. Front-month December hog futures eased by the most since July, settling down the 3.000-cent daily price limit at 54.100 cents per […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures tumble on demand worries, spreading

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Live cattle futures fell to a roughly 1-1/2-month low on Monday, sagging on worries of reduced demand for beef and cattle in cash markets, traders said. Calendar spreading across Chicago Mercantile Exchange livestock futures also contributed to declines. Traders were exiting front-month positions and rolling into deferred months, resulting in bear-spreading […] Read more


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U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures lower on weaker cash markets

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Cattle and hog futures were mostly lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Friday, weighed down by spreading and weaker prices in cash markets for the animals, traders said. Cash hog prices have declined two days in a row in the top Iowa and Minnesota market, according to the U.S. Department […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures climb on higher beef prices; hogs mixed

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures edged higher on Thursday, as rising wholesale beef prices stoked hopes that meat packers would pay more for cattle in cash markets this week, traders said. Cattle futures rebounded from early declines to reach the day’s highs after government data showed steep gains in beef […] Read more