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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle fade with cash price hopes

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle posted modest losses on Thursday in anticipation of possibly lower prices for market-ready, or cash, cattle on Friday, traders said. Spot-October closed down 0.025 cent/lb. to 142.95 cents, and December 0.375 cent lower at 144.7 (all figures US$). Cash bids in Nebraska surfaced at $139-$140/cwt against […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking trims CME live cattle gains

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed lower on Wednesday, after profit-taking and cash price uncertainty turned back initial advances, traders said. Spot-October closed 0.5 cent/lb. lower at 142.975 cents, and December dropped 0.7 cent to 145.075 (all figures US$). Packers have not bid for market-ready (cash) cattle priced at $146/cwt in […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cash price sentiments extend CME live cattle gains

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher for a second straight session on Friday in anticipation of this week’s cash prices, traders said. Spot-August futures, which will expire on Monday, ended 1.875 cents/lb. higher at 146.525 cents, and October up 1.425 cents, at 143.975 cents (all figures US$). “Feedyards and […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Wall Street surge rallies CME live cattle

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose on Thursday, prodded by the stock market comeback as data showed better-than-expected second-quarter U.S. economic growth, traders said. Renewed consumer confidence in the economy could support demand for U.S. goods, including meat, they said. Short-covering and bargain hunting furthered CME live cattle market advances […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs hit two-month high on export hopes

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Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. lean hog prices jumped two per cent to the highest in more than two months on Tuesday, extending steep gains from the previous session on hopes of increased export demand, especially to China, traders and analysts said. Expectations that prices may have reached their seasonal bottom also prompted speculative buying […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs surge on pork export optimism

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Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. lean hog futures surged about five per cent on Monday, reversing from one-month lows on investor optimism that a weaker dollar would spark increased export demand for pork, traders and analysts said. Live cattle fell to a roughly one-month low while feeder cattle futures declined to lifetime lows at the […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Economic fears slam CME live cattle, hogs

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed sharply lower on Friday as global economic turmoil sparked fears of a U.S. meat export slowdown, traders and analysts said. Spot-August futures closed 1.05 cents/lb. lower at 145.425 cents, and October 2.475 cents lower at 143.85 cents (all figures US$). “The elephant in the […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rise with cash bids

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Thursday, supported by short-covering after packers hiked bids for unsold market-ready (cash) cattle, traders said. Spot-August futures closed 1.225 cents/lb. higher at 146.475 cents, and October 1.175 cents higher at 146.325 cents (all figures US$). Processors in Kansas and Texas on Thursday […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Fallen cash prices rattle CME live cattle

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Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures suffered their fourth straight day of losses on Wednesday after digesting sharply lower preliminary prices for market-ready (cash) cattle, traders said. Spot-August futures closed down 1.95 cents/lb. to 145.25 cents, and October 2.25 cents lower at 145.15 cents (all figures US$). Earlier on Wednesday, a […] Read more

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