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CME February 2024 live cattle with 10-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle drop on fund selling, beef demand concerns

Chicago lean hogs continue higher

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures dropped on Thursday after two sessions of gains, pressured by fund long liquidation and as higher corn feed prices and worries about demand for high-priced beef cuts hung over the market. Technical selling accelerated the break, the live cattle market’s sixth in the last eight sessions, […] Read more
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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle gain for second straight day after selloff

Chicago lean hog futures also firm

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures rose for a second consecutive session on Wednesday on short covering and follow-through technical and bargain buying after the market plunged to multi-month lows to start the week. Improving packer margins and futures’ steep discount to cash cattle prices also supported the market following the fund-selling […] Read more
CME February 2024 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle up on short covering, discount to cash

Short covering also lifts CME hogs

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures surged on Tuesday in a short-covering rebound from multi-month lows in the prior session, supported by the market’s steep discount to cash market prices. Feeder cattle futures rose by as much as the daily trading limit, triggering expanded limits for both feeders and live cattle for […] Read more
CME February 2024 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Fund selling sends CME cattle to multi-month lows

February hogs touch contract low

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures tumbled sharply for a second straight session on Monday on fund long liquidation, technical selling and concerns about slowing beef demand and rising supplies. Actively traded February live cattle dropped to an eight-month low while several deferred-month contracts posted life-of-contract lows. January feeder cattle plunged more […] Read more
CME February 2024 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle collapse to March lows

Chicago February hogs set contract low

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Cattle futures sank to their lowest levels in nearly eight months at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Friday on increased concerns about easing demand for U.S. beef. Technical selling accelerated the slide after funds recently liquidated long positions, traders said. “We don’t know what demand is going to be a year […] Read more
CME February 2024 lean hogs with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs mixed after approaching four-week low

Chicago cattle futures end lower

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Lean hog futures hit their lowest level in about four weeks on Wednesday before ending mixed as traders adjusted positions before the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. The market has dropped about eight per cent since rising on Nov. 7 to the highest price in more than a month, as ample U.S. supplies […] Read more
CME February 2024 lean hogs with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs near four-week low amid large supply

Cattle futures slip lower

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures fell to their lowest price in nearly four weeks on Tuesday as large supplies hung over the market. Technical selling added pressure on prices as December hogs dropped below 70 cents/lb. for the first time since Nov. 1, analysts said (all figures US$). The contract […] Read more
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Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Short-covering boosts CME cattle after recent decline

The U.S. hog market traded sideways on Tuesday

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters — Short-covering lifted Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and feeder futures on Tuesday, analysts said, extending a recovery from springtime lows reached last week. The markets were due to rise after recent fund liquidation and technical selling left the market oversold, analysts said. “The main thing is some short-covering here,” said Austin […] Read more

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