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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Lean hog futures turn higher on cash discounts

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Chicago/Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs settled higher on Friday, with buyers attracted to futures that remained undervalued compared to prices paid by packers for market-ready, or cash, hogs, traders said. CME’s hog index, a barometer for cash prices, for Aug. 2 was 87.11 per cwt. Bargain buying after recent losses and purchases by […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Beef price bounce extends live cattle gains

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Chicago/Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished in bullish territory for a third straight session on Thursday, helped by firmer wholesale beef values, said traders. Technical buying and futures’ discounts to cash prices so far this week provided additional market support, they said. August ended 0.700 cent per pound higher at 115.225 cents […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures climb on cash price discount

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Chicago/Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures climbed higher on Wednesday, driven by short-covering and futures’ discounts to early-week cash prices, traders said. Buy stops and fund buying enhanced market advances, they said. August ended 1.725 cent per pound higher at 114.525 cents per pound, and October 1.800 cents higher at 114.675 cents. Both […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Higher beef price boosts CME live cattle futures

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Chicago / Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Tuesday recovered some of their recent losses, helped by the morning’s wholesale beef price turnaround, traders said. Buy stops and futures’ discounts to this week’s expected cash prices provided additional market support, they said. August ended 0.800 cent per pound higher at 112.800 cents […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: End-of-month positioning pressures CME live cattle

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Chicago / Reuters – Last Friday’s selling of Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts carried over into Monday, led by sell-stops and position squaring on the last trading session of the month, traders and analysts said. Some investors sold August futures and simultaneously bought deferred contracts while cautiously awaiting this week’s cash prices. August ended […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures sag on cash prices, Japan news

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Chicago / Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle settled lower on Friday, weighed by weaker cash prices and word that Japan plans to hike tariffs on U.S. frozen beef, said traders. Japan will raise tariffs from August on imports of frozen beef from the United States to protect domestic producers, Japan’s Ministry of Finance […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Bargain buying strengthens live cattle futures

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Chicago / Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed steady to higher on Thursday, with support from bargain buying and futures’ discounts to initial cash prices, said traders. Investors bought deferred months and simultaneously sold August futures after digesting last Friday’s bearish U.S. Department of Agriculture cattle reports. August ended unchanged at 114.300 cents per […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle turn higher on futures’ cash discount

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Chicago / Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts on Wednesday pared some recent losses, helped by bargain buying and futures’ discounts to early-week cash prices, said traders. Investors bought August futures and sold deferred months in a trading strategy known as bull spreads. August ended 1.125 cents per pound higher at 114.300 cents, […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Fund-selling extends CME live cattle futures losses

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Chicago / Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Tuesday, led by lingering bearishness from last Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture cattle reports, traders said. USDA’s reports suggested a supply buildup in the coming months, which dropped futures by their 3-cent per pound daily price limit on Monday. August ended 0.700 […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Cow-Calf, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market firm despite outside influences

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Western Canadian feeder cattle markets were unchanged from week-ago levels despite the strengthening Canadian dollar, stronger feed grain values and weaker fed cattle prices. Feedlot operators are wondering if this is a mockery, a delusion or a snare. Shorter term replacements are hard to come by and haven’t softened a half hair length. Small groups […] Read more

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