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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures climb as cash price outlook improves

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Chicago/Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Thursday gained for a third straight day, driven by short-covering following renewed optimism for cash prices by Friday, traders said. December and February contracts broke through their respective 10-day moving averages of 102.90 and 104.86 cents, which triggered fund buying. December live cattle closed 1.025 cents […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures shrug off early losses

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Chicago/Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Wednesday after bargain buying and cash price expectations offset initial selling, said traders. CME cattle and hog market participants at first sold futures after Donald Trump unexpectedly won the U.S. presidential election on Tuesday. “People are still concerned about what a Trump administration would […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Bargain buying reverses CME live cattle futures skid

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Chicago/Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rallied on Tuesday as strength from bargain buying and short-covering ended the market’s four-session slide, said traders. They said futures garnered more support from fund buying after contracts broke through technical resistance levels. Most actively traded December live cattle closed 0.950 cent per pound higher at 102.600 […] Read more
Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures losses mount; hogs rally

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Chicago/Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower for a fourth straight session on Monday, led by initial technical selling and a retreat in wholesale beef values, said traders. Most actively traded December live cattle closed 1.075 cents per pound lower at 101.650 cents, and settled nearly par with the 40-day moving average […] Read more
Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

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

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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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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

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

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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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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

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

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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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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

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

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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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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures rise again

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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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