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U.S. livestock: Hogs sink on weak cash markets, packer margins

By GFM Network News June 23, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures settled mostly lower on Friday as falling cash hog prices and poor packer margins weighed on the market, traders said. Worries over slowed pork export demand due to threatened retaliatory tariffs by key trading partners, including Mexico and China, also weighed on the hog market. […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. feedlots draw more cattle than expected in May

By GFM Network News June 23, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Ranchers in May drove more cattle into U.S. feedlots than anticipated compared with the same period a year ago, said analysts after Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture monthly Cattle on Feed report. The data also showed the June 1 feedlot cattle supply climbed 4.1 per cent from a year earlier — […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Bargain buying pares some CME hogs’ losses

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 21, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures closed moderately higher on Thursday, with support from bargain buying and short-covering that pared some recent market losses amid U.S. trade worries, said analysts. U.S. hog farmers, still reeling from higher retaliatory tariffs on pork imposed by China in early April, are bracing for another round […] Read more

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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs fall on trade war fears, cash prices

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News June 19, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures fell over two per cent on Tuesday, giving back gains notched in the previous session on broad selling across commodities amid fears of trade wars with importers of U.S. products including China and Mexico. A decline in U.S. cash hog prices late on Monday also […] Read more

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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs jump on packer demand, cash prices

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News June 18, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures climbed as much as 2.3 per cent on Monday in a bull-spreading rally amid rising cash hog prices and strong demand from pork packers, traders and analysts said. Cattle futures also were mostly higher at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, boosted by chart-based buying and positioning ahead of […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle extend gains on drop in placements

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News May 25, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures rose on Friday, shrugging off earlier declines on technical buying and support from government data showing fewer cattle placed in feedlots during April, traders and analysts said. Relatively thinly traded feeder cattle futures jumped more than one per cent after the U.S. Department of Agriculture released its monthly […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle ease on positioning ahead of supply report

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News May 24, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell nearly one per cent on Thursday, pressured by fears of lower trades in cash cattle markets and positioning ahead of a government supply report due on Friday, traders said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture was set to release its monthly Cattle on Feed report […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

USDA to evaluate new release schedule for livestock reports

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News April 25, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is analyzing information and surveying the livestock sector to determine whether the agency should change the times it releases cattle and hog reports, a top agency official said on Tuesday. USDA is open to changing its schedules in 2019 if the review indicates that is warranted, […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle rise on strong cash markets

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 20, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose on Friday, with nearby contracts supported by firm cash markets and strong wholesale beef values, traders said. Deferred offerings rose as traders covered short positions ahead of the U.S. Agriculture Department’s monthly Cattle on Feed report. The report, released after the close of the […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures drop

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 19, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures dropped on Thursday on profit-taking and fund liquidation ahead of the U.S. Agriculture Department’s monthly Cattle on Feed report. Feeder cattle followed live cattle futures lower. Hog futures were mixed on bull spreading, with the front month contract rising in thin trading while deferreds weakened. […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Hogs sink on weak cash markets, packer margins

U.S. feedlots draw more cattle than expected in May

U.S. livestock: Bargain buying pares some CME hogs’ losses

U.S. livestock: Hogs fall on trade war fears, cash prices

U.S. livestock: Hogs jump on packer demand, cash prices

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle extend gains on drop in placements

U.S. livestock: Cattle ease on positioning ahead of supply report

USDA to evaluate new release schedule for livestock reports

U.S. livestock: Cattle rise on strong cash markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures drop

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