U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, hog futures extends losses

Chicago/Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Friday settled in negative territory for the third straight day after cash prices fell short of investors’ expectations, said traders. CME live cattle losses mounted after falling below technical support levels, which triggered sell stops and fund liquidation. Most actively-traded December live cattle closed 1.350 cents […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Live cattle, hog futures stumble on profit-taking

Chicago/Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished lower on Thursday, hit by profit-taking and early-session technical selling, traders said. Investors sold the October contract and simultaneously bought deferred months, in a trading strategy known as bear-spreading. Most actively traded December live cattle closed 1.300 cents per pound lower at 104.075 cents, and February […] Read more


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U.S. livestock: Hogs surge on technical buying, cattle mostly higher

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures soared three per cent on Wednesday, rebounding on technical buying from the steep losses seen in the previous session, traders and analysts said. Cattle futures also were mostly higher, even as some contracts edged slightly lower after hitting one-month peaks. Higher prices for wholesale beef […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle leap to one-month high

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Tuesday reached their highest level in a month, driven by short-covering and recent increase in wholesale beef values, said traders. They added that some investors bought CME live cattle futures, and simultaneously sold lean hog contracts, in anticipation for possibly firmer cash cattle prices […] Read more



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U.S. livestock: CME hog futures rise again

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog contracts landed in positive territory for a second straight day on Friday, lifted by short-covering and technical buying that offset bearish fundamentals, traders said. December lean hogs closed 1.425 cents/lb. higher at 46.8 cents, and February ended 1.675 cents higher at 54 cents (all figures US$). […] Read more



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U.S. livestock: Fundamentals undercut CME hog futures

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures finished weaker for the first time in four sessions on Wednesday, pressured by profit-taking and uneasiness about cash and wholesale pork prices as October Pork Month winds down, said traders. December lean hogs finished 0.425 cent/lb. lower at 44.2 cents, and February down 0.25 cent, […] Read more


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U.S. livestock: Hogs extend rally, cattle snap winning streak

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures on Tuesday gained for a third straight session, fueled by recently improved prices for slaughter-ready, or cash, hogs and wholesale pork values despite plentiful supplies, said traders. Fund buying developed after December and February futures opened above their respective 20-day moving averages of 42.51 and […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Live cattle rally to three-week high

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose for a third consecutive session to their highest level in three weeks, fueled by Friday’s strong cash prices and the U.S. government’s bullish monthly Cattle on Feed report, traders said. Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture report showed two per cent fewer cattle entered feedlots […] Read more