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U.S. livestock: Cattle drop further on rising supply, weak cash prices

By GFM Network News March 27, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures dropped for a fourth straight session on Wednesday, pressured by weaker cash cattle prices and seasonally rising supplies, traders said. Technical selling further weighed on the market, sending the spot contract to the lowest level in nearly six weeks. “We’re going to be coming […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Live cattle retreat on technical selling, fund liquidation

By GFM Network News March 26, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell for a third straight session on Tuesday on technical selling and fund long liquidation following the market’s recent climb to one-year highs, traders said. Open interest in live cattle futures was expected to be lower for a second straight session after hitting an all-time […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Live cattle tumble on bearish USDA data

By GFM Network News March 25, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures dropped sharply on Monday in reaction to a government report that showed larger-than-expected supplies of cattle on feed in the U.S., traders said. Nearby cattle futures contracts fell more than 1.5 per cent, with selling accelerating as prices breached key technical support levels. The selling […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Lean hogs notch fresh contract highs on export hopes

By GFM Network News March 23, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rose to contract highs for a third straight session on Friday on hopes for strong demand from China before easing from those peaks on profit-taking and technical selling, traders said. China is expected to be in the market for imported pork as the deadly hog […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up again on China swine fever fears

By GFM Network News March 22, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rallied by their daily trading limits for a second straight day on Thursday on expectations that imports by China would surge as the country’s domestic hog herd is ravaged by a deadly hog disease. All hog contracts posted new contract highs and spot futures reached […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up on China swine virus fears

By Tom Polansek, GFM Network News March 20, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures soared by the company’s daily price limit to new contract highs on Wednesday on increasing worries about the spread of a deadly hog disease in China. Traders expect that China, the world’s biggest hog producer and pork consumer, will need to import more U.S. pork […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Live cattle hit contract highs on weather woes

By Julie Ingwersen, GFM Network News March 20, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose Tuesday, with the benchmark June contract hitting a high as poor feedlot conditions in portions of the U.S. Plains raised concerns about beef supplies, traders said. Lean hogs closed lower in a profit-taking setback from contract highs set a day earlier. Fat cattle futures […] Read more

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Klassen: Feeder market continues consolidation pattern

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News March 19, 2019

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $3-$5 on either side of unchanged. The market was quite variable across the Prairies. Demand from south of the border evaporated due to adverse weather while southern Alberta experienced favourable spring conditions. Alberta packers were buying fed cattle at $260 on a dressed basis, up […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Hog futures rise on pork export optimism

By Julie Ingwersen, GFM Network News March 18, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. front-month hog futures surged on Monday, extending last week’s advances on expectations of additional export sales to China, where African swine fever has decimated the world’s largest hog herd, traders said. “We had that huge sale of pork to China last week, and the market is anticipating more sales,” said […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up as swine fever cuts Chinese herd

By Mark Weinraub, GFM Network News March 15, 2019

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. hog futures rallied to a five-month high on Friday, closing at their daily trading limit on improving export prospects due to a sharp reduction in China’s domestic supplies, traders said. China’s pig herd slid 16.6 per cent in February from the previous year, as African swine fever swept the country, […] Read more

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Tag Archives cattle futures

U.S. livestock: Cattle drop further on rising supply, weak cash prices

U.S. livestock: Live cattle retreat on technical selling, fund liquidation

U.S. livestock: Live cattle tumble on bearish USDA data

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs notch fresh contract highs on export hopes

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up again on China swine fever fears

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up on China swine virus fears

U.S. livestock: Live cattle hit contract highs on weather woes

Klassen: Feeder market continues consolidation pattern

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rise on pork export optimism

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up as swine fever cuts Chinese herd

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