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U.S. livestock: CME hogs settle mostly lower before USDA report

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog contracts closed lower on Thursday, pressured by profit-taking ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s quarterly hog report at 2 p.m. CT. “The industry will no doubt show herd expansion and record-large production, it’s just a question of how much,” said Archer Financial Services broker […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Short-covering pulls up CME live cattle

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Wednesday reversed some of their recent losses, with strength from technical buying and investors who covered previously held short positions, said traders. “Anyone who was short the market took a little money in profits,” said Oak Investment Group president Joe Ocrant. Wednesday morning’s wholesale […] Read more


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U.S. livestock: Cattle limit down after bearish USDA report

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures tumbled about two per cent on Monday after government data on Friday showed bigger-than-expected placements of cattle on feed in August. Most-active CME December live cattle dropped by the daily price limit of three cents to finish at 114.425 cents per pound, reversing from Friday’s 1-1/2 […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Cattle hit one-month high ahead of USDA data

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures jumped to the highest levels in over a month on Friday, lifted by technical buying and expectations for bullish government supply data that was due after the close of trading. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Cattle on Feed report, however, was deemed bearish by analysts, and […] Read more


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U.S. livestock: CME October hogs fall to contract low

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange October lean hog futures fell sharply to a contract low on Thursday, weighed down by a months-long decline in cash prices and abundant supplies, traders said. Deferred hog futures contracts as well as most live cattle and feeder cattle contracts also eased on technical selling and profit-taking. Traders […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Live cattle surge on cash optimism, technical buying

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures notched their biggest gains in 11 months on Wednesday, boosted by optimism for higher cash cattle prices and technical buying, traders and analysts said. Higher cattle sales at a weekly online auction helped to trigger the rally. Feeder cattle and lean hog futures also were […] Read more


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U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle hit two-month high

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. livestock futures gained on technical buying on Tuesday, with feeder cattle rising to a two-month high and lean hogs climbing by as much as 2.6 per cent, traders said. Fresh news remained scant, but traders were more optimistic about higher cash prices for both cattle and hogs. Declining prices for […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Hog futures ease on big supplies, spreading

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures were mostly lower on Monday, pressured by bear-spreading and big U.S. supplies that continued to weigh on cash markets, traders said. The front-month October hogs contract notched the biggest declines, easing 0.975 cent, or about 1.7 per cent, to settle at 60 cents/lb. (all figures […] Read more


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U.S. livestock: Hog futures surge on technical bounce

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures surged more than three per cent on Friday while live cattle gained about one per cent, lifted by chart-based and investment fund buying, traders and analysts said. Hog futures had tumbled to a roughly 11-month low on Wednesday, before stabilizing on Thursday and then rising […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Hog futures fall to 11-month low

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures tumbled to an 11-month low in a bear-spreading selloff linked to big U.S. hog supplies and declines in cash markets, traders said. Live cattle futures also eased on spreading and worries beef packers might be hesitant to pay higher prices for cattle when supplies were […] Read more