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(National Pork Board (U.S.) photo via ARS/USDA)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Pork price turnaround sends CME lean hogs higher

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog contracts finished higher on Wednesday, ignited by short-covering after Tuesday’s selloff and the morning’s wholesale pork price rebound, said traders. October ended 1.15 cents/lb. higher at 61 cents, and December finished up 1.3 cents, to 56.75 (all figures US$). After falling almost $3/cwt the day before, […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Beef Cattle, Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market brewing but caution prevails

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Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were steady to $4 higher relative to week-ago levels. Yearling volumes are starting to increase in central and northern Alberta while the southern and eastern regions experienced limited activity. Buyers’ opaque attitudes resulted in a firmer tone and no one could feel guilty for a minor intemperance. However, the circumspect […] Read more
(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs jump in technical rebound

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures were mostly higher on Friday, rebounding from earlier losses on technical buying and short-covering following the midday expiration of the August contract, traders and analysts said. Gains in hog futures came after prices neared last week’s roughly four-month lows, and hogs could still face more […] Read more
(Regis Lefebure photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs in reversal as pork extends losses

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures fell sharply on Thursday, reversing from earlier steep gains on pressure from declining pork prices and ample hog supplies, traders and analysts said. The price action suggested that hog futures would likely test their life-of-contract lows reached on Aug. 4 when trading resumes on Friday, analysts said. […] Read more
(Regis Lefebure photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs jump on technical rebound

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures gained as much as two per cent on Wednesday, reversing from earlier losses on strength from technical buying and a rebound in wholesale pork prices, traders said. Hog futures tested life-of-contract lows reached last week but did surpass those lows, sparking short-covering. The opposite was […] Read more
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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs fall on big supplies

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hogs futures fell to 3-1/2-month lows on Thursday as investors continued liquidating long bets amid plentiful supplies and lacklustre pork export sales, traders said. Live and feeder cattle futures also eased at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, with cattle prices reversing from multiweek highs reached earlier in the session. Hogs […] Read more

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