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Livestock, Markets

U.S. Livestock: Cattle futures running into resistance at highs

By Geralyn Wichers, Phil Franz-Warkentin January 7, 2025
Reading Time: < 1 minute Cattle futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange continued to rise Tuesday. Most active February live cattle futures ended up 0.375 cents per pound at 195.575 cents a pound. Values hit fresh highs in many months, although ideas the market was looking overbought tempered the advances.

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Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. Livestock: Falling temps boost cattle futures

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 6, 2025
Reading Time: < 1 minute Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were stronger Monday, hitting fresh contract highs in many months as forecasts calling for cold temperatures across United States ranching areas raised concerns over reduced weight gains for grazing cattle.


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Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise sharply on low inventory

By Renee Hickman, Reuters January 2, 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) feeder cattle futures reached life-of-contract highs, while live cattle futures hit multi-month peaks on Thursday, as meat packers struggled to find inventory, analysts said.

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Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Lean hog futures fall on year-end position squaring, demand doubts

By Renee Hickman, Reuters December 31, 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures fell to two-month lows on Tuesday, as traders squared positions before the year's end and uncertainty lingered over export demand in the coming months, market analysts said.


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Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Lean hog futures fall on domestic, export demand uncertainty

By Renee Hickman, Reuters December 30, 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures fell to two-month lows on Monday, hit by profit-taking and growing uncertainty over domestic and export demand in the coming months, market analysts said.

(Geralyn Wichers file photo)
Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise on strong beef, cash cattle markets

By Julie Ingwersen, Reuters December 28, 2024
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures ended higher on Friday, buoyed by rising wholesale beef prices and firm cash cattle markets, traders said.


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Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs end flat, demand for US pork underpins prices

By Reuters, Tom Polansek December 24, 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures finished flat on Tuesday as strong demand for U.S. pork underpinned the market a day after federal data showed the nation's herd was slightly bigger than expected, analysts said.

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Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle mixed, feeder cattle firm on technical trading

By P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters December 23, 2024
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures were mixed on Monday, with nearby contracts turning lower as traders adjusted their positions after a neutral government supply report last week, market analysts said.


File photo of cattle in an Alberta feedlot. (Geralyn Wichers photo)
Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise on fund buying

By Heather Schlitz, Reuters December 20, 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live and feeder cattle contracts edged higher on Friday as commodity funds added to their net long positions amid near-record cash cattle prices and no signs of a herd rebuild, analysts said.

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Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures tick down on weak equity markets

By Heather Schlitz, Reuters December 19, 2024
Reading Time: 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live and feeder cattle contracts slid on Thursday as weakness in equities, a strong dollar and technical trading pressured futures, analysts said.


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