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U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs end lower on soft cash market, heavy weights

By GFM Network News June 4, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog contracts closed lower on Wednesday pressured by soft prices in the cash hog market as heavy weight hogs also dragged on futures, traders said. The front-month June contract traded at a premium to the CME lean hog index of 110.34, which also weighed. The CME June […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end up on beef demand

By GFM Network News June 3, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed higher on Tuesday as strong beef demand and expectations of higher prices in the cash market lent support, traders said. “When you have futures trading at a discount to the cash market, that usually creates a bullish situation,” Lane Broadbent, president of KIS Futures, said. […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

Source of U.S. PEDv outbreak may never be learned: CVO

By GFM Network News June 2, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Investigators may never determine how a highly contagious virus that has killed an estimated 10 per cent of U.S. pigs entered the country for the first time last year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s top veterinarian said Monday. The porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) has wiped out an estimated seven million […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle close mostly higher on spreads

By GFM Network News June 2, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed mostly higher on Monday after investors sold June futures and simultaneously bought deferred months in a trading strategy known as bear spreading, traders said. Weak wholesale beef prices further pressured the June contract, they said. Monday morning’s wholesale choice beef price slipped 41 cents per […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking undercuts CME live cattle futures

By GFM Network News May 30, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed lower Friday, pressured by profit-taking following futures’ sharp rally on Thursday, traders said. “Investors are looking at the fact that futures overdid it to the upside yesterday,” said Oak Investment Group president Joe Ocrant, who also cited weaker cutout values. Friday morning’s wholesale choice beef […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Russia suspends U.S. pig imports over virus fears

By GFM Network News May 29, 2014

Moscow | Reuters — Russia said on Thursday it was suspending pig imports from the United States due to concern about outbreaks of the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv). The suspension takes effect on Friday, Russian state agricultural oversight agency Rosselkhoznadnor said in a statement. “This disease is spreading over more and more territory of […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures climb as funds buy

By GFM Network News May 29, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed higher on Thursday, with support from fund buying after contracts broke through moving-average resistance levels, traders said. Short covering contributed to CME live cattle advances, they said. Futures drew more support from their discounts to this week’s prices for market-ready or cash cattle. Cash cattle […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

PEDv re-infects U.S. farm, fuels supply fears

By GFM Network News May 29, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — An Indiana farm has become the first to confirm publicly it suffered a second outbreak of a deadly pig virus, fueling concerns that a disease that has wiped out 10 per cent of the U.S. hog population will be harder to contain than producers and veterinarians expected. The farm, through its […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Fund buying drives CME feeder cattle to record high

By GFM Network News May 28, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle Wednesday hit a record high on fund buying after contracts broke through technical resistance levels, traders said. “(The) technical aspect of the feeder cattle market looks fine,” said Citigroup futures specialist Sterling Smith. Fundamentally, young calves for feeding will be in demand given generally weak corn […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Supply worries drop CME live cattle futures

By GFM Network News May 27, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Tuesday in anticipation of a seasonal bump in supplies that could further pressure prices for market-ready, or cash cattle, traders said. Last week, cash cattle in Texas and Kansas moved at $144 per hundredweight (cwt), $1 lower than the week before (all […] Read more

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Hogs

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs end lower on soft cash market, heavy weights

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end up on beef demand

Source of U.S. PEDv outbreak may never be learned: CVO

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle close mostly higher on spreads

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking undercuts CME live cattle futures

Russia suspends U.S. pig imports over virus fears

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures climb as funds buy

PEDv re-infects U.S. farm, fuels supply fears

U.S. livestock: Fund buying drives CME feeder cattle to record high

U.S. livestock: Supply worries drop CME live cattle futures

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