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U.S. livestock: Hogs touch five-week high on technical buying, pork gains

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News May 29, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures climbed to a five-week high on Tuesday, bolstered by technical buying and gains in prices for cash hogs and pork, traders said. Live cattle futures were lower, easing on chart-based selling. Feeder cattle were higher, supported in part by lower corn prices as trading resumed […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market undergoes minor recovery

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News May 28, 2018

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearlings sold $3 to as much as $6 higher while calf markets were relatively unchanged. Feeder cattle futures experienced a $5-$7 rally, which quickly renewed optimism in the cash trade. Ideas that yearling supplies will drop below year-ago levels on both sides of the border this August spurred on […] 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

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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs rise on investment fund buying

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News May 23, 2018

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. livestock futures rose on Wednesday, with lean hogs bouncing from Tuesday’s roughly three-week low on technical and investment fund buying, traders and analysts said. Live cattle futures climbed to a 1-1/2 week high at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, further buoyed by positioning ahead of a monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

CME amends feeder cattle futures, options rules

By Reuters, GFM Network News May 22, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — The Chicago Mercantile Exchange will amend the feeder cattle futures contract rule to include cattle identified in the U.S. Department of Agriculture reports as fancy, thin, fleshy, gaunt or full in the calculation of CME’s feeder cattle index price, the exchange said in a release Tuesday. The amendment change will be […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Fed cattle market drops, feeder market follows

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News May 21, 2018

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices were trading $3-$5 lower; markets for calves and feeders fit for grass were unchanged to $3 lower. Alberta packers were buying fed cattle at $242 on a dressed basis, down $20-$28 from seven days earlier. The sharp drop in the fed cattle market caused feedlot operators to […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle surge on technical buying, packer demand

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News May 21, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Cattle futures jumped the most in more than a month on Monday, buoyed by technical short covering and optimism that demand from beef packers that resulted in last week’s large cattle slaughter will continue this week, traders and analysts said. Front-month June live cattle futures briefly rose by their daily three-cent […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle drop on weak cash prices, big supplies

By GFM Network News May 18, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures slumped for the fourth time in five sessions on Friday as falling cash cattle prices and ample supplies of slaughter-ready animals weighed on the market, traders said. The possibility that meat exports could slow due to trade tensions with China and uncertainty about a deal […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle rebound on technical buying, short-covering

By GFM Network News May 17, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures bounced on Thursday on technical buying and short-covering following three days of steep declines that had sliced prices by more than five per cent, traders said. Optimism that a deal on a revamped North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) could be reached by the end […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Soybean futures edge up as Argentina ends export tax waiver

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract high, herd falls short of estimates

GFM Network News

U.S. criticizes Mexico’s handling of screwworm near border

U.S. grains: Soybean futures edge up as Argentina ends export tax waiver

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract high, herd falls short of estimates

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U.S. livestock: Hogs touch five-week high on technical buying, pork gains

Klassen: Feeder market undergoes minor recovery

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

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

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs rise on investment fund buying

CME amends feeder cattle futures, options rules

Klassen: Fed cattle market drops, feeder market follows

U.S. livestock: Cattle surge on technical buying, packer demand

U.S. livestock: Live cattle drop on weak cash prices, big supplies

U.S. livestock: Live cattle rebound on technical buying, short-covering

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