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CME February 2019 lean hogs, with 200-day moving average. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs rise on technical buying, demand outlook

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures firmed for a fourth straight session on Thursday, lifted by technical buying and good demand for pork, traders said. Persistent concerns about the spread of African swine fever in China, the world’s top hog and pork producer, also underpinned prices as forecasts for big global […] Read more
CME December 2018 live cattle, with 20-day moving average. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

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

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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)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

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

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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)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

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

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

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures ease ahead of USDA report

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange livestock futures were lower on Friday, with both live cattle and lean hogs easing on worries that U.S. supplies were growing faster than demand, traders and analysts said. Cattle futures declined ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle on Feed report, which was released after the […] Read more
CME December 2018 lean hogs, with 50-day moving average. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs extend slide, fall below seven-week lows

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures slid for the third consecutive session on Thursday and touched their lowest prices in more than seven weeks on concerns about increasing supplies, traders said. The market has weakened since contracts set multi-month highs on Oct. 1 amid worries about meat supplies swelling due to […] Read more
(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs decline on heavier animals, technical selling

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures dropped for the second straight session on Wednesday, on technical selling and after government data showed heavier-weight U.S. hogs that pointed to larger supplies, traders said. Bear-spreading pressured front-month December hogs, which settled down 2.175 cents at 54.7 cents/lb., a decline of about four per […] Read more
CME February 2019 live cattle, with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures mostly lower on technical selling

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures were mostly lower on Tuesday while lean hogs pared gains late in the session, with each pressured in part by technical selling and profit-taking, traders and analysts said. Some traders were liquidating positions in Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures ahead of a monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture supply […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures drop on plentiful supplies, demand concerns

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures fell on Friday, pressured by ample supplies and rising concerns about demand amid weakness in global equities markets, traders said. Flat cash markets also cast a bearish tone on the markets. Cash cattle have traded at $111/cwt for five weeks in a row (all figures US$). Most-active CME […] Read more

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