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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs up, live cattle decline on spreading

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. livestock futures were mixed on Friday, with lean hogs sharply higher and live cattle narrowly lower in largely technically driven and spread trading, dealers said. Friday was the final day of the five-day roll for funds tracking Standard + Poor’s Goldman Sachs Commodity Index, and investors moving out of front […] Read more
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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs turn up on short-covering

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange livestock futures ticked higher on Thursday, boosted by short-covering and technical buying after prices probed new lows earlier this week, traders said. Futures for cattle and lean hogs notched narrow gains despite fears of weaker prices in cash markets and a lower trend in wholesale meat values — […] Read more
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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs, cattle extend declines on trade war worries

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. livestock futures fell one per cent or more on Wednesday, extending declines on technical selling and fears reduced pork and beef exports could result in burdensome supplies in domestic meat markets, traders and analysts said. Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures contracts slumped to lifetime lows for the third […] Read more
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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs about flat in technical trading

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle and hog futures were little changed on Thursday in technically driven trade amid a lack of fresh fundamental news following a pause in trading on Wednesday’s U.S. Independence Day holiday. Most active live cattle futures finished narrowly mixed as traders awaited deals in U.S. Plains cash cattle […] Read more
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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs gain on pre-holiday technical buying

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange livestock futures were mostly higher on Tuesday, with some hog and cattle contracts hitting multi-month peaks on technical buying ahead of Wednesday’s U.S. Independence Day holiday, traders and analysts said. CME July lean hog futures climbed to their highest since Feb. 26, settling up 0.525 cent to 83.725 […] Read more
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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hog futures higher on spreading

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures were narrowly higher in bull-spreading on Thursday as some investors exited positions in nearby contract months ahead of a quarterly government supply report that was released after the close of trading. The U.S. Department of Agriculture in the report said the U.S. hog herd as of June […] Read more
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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Early-week cash prices buoy CME live cattle

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed higher on Wednesday, lifted by initial prices for market-ready, or cash, cattle and short-covering after recent market losses, traders said. Thinly traded June futures, which will expire on Friday, led advances. Some investors bought that contract and simultaneously sold deferred months in a trading strategy […] Read more

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