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U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle jump as corn prices drop

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News July 2, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. feeder cattle futures rose to nearly four-month highs on Monday as declining feed prices boosted demand for the variety of cattle fattened and then sold to beef packers. Live cattle futures, reflecting the animals already fattened for slaughter, were narrowly higher while lean hogs were widely mixed on the Chicago […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures limit up on better cash sales

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News June 29, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures surged by their three cents/lb. daily price limit on Friday, boosted by investment fund buying and better-than-expected sales in cash cattle markets, traders and analysts said. Feeder cattle futures also climbed by their daily limit, of 4.5 cents/lb., tracking the higher prices in the more […] Read more

(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

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U.S. livestock: Hog futures higher on spreading

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News June 28, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures were narrowly higher in bull-spreading on Thursday as some investors exited positions in nearby contract months ahead of a quarterly government supply report that was released after the close of trading. The U.S. Department of Agriculture in the report said the U.S. hog herd as of June […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Early-week cash prices buoy CME live cattle

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 27, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed higher on Wednesday, lifted by initial prices for market-ready, or cash, cattle and short-covering after recent market losses, traders said. Thinly traded June futures, which will expire on Friday, led advances. Some investors bought that contract and simultaneously sold deferred months in a trading strategy […] Read more

Barley south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 3, 2017. (Dave Bedard photo)

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Klassen: Weaker barley prices enhance yearling prices

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News June 26, 2018

Compared to last week, yearlings traded $3 to as much as $8 higher, with strong buying interest noted from Lethbridge-area feedlots. Supplies of quality feeders are rather snug at this time of year and buyers were extremely aggressive on local packages. Prices in the non-major feeding areas appeared to lag southern Alberta markets but orders […] Read more

(Deyana Robova photo/iStock/Getty Images)

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U.S. livestock: CME hogs bounce back on bargain buying

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 26, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures finished higher on Tuesday after short-covering and bargain buying reversed recent market losses amid trade fears, analysts said. Hog farmers in the U.S. may face another wave of higher tariffs by China, which placed stiff retaliatory duties on U.S. pork imports in early April. CME hogs […] Read more

(Regis Lefebure photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

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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

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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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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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U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle jump as corn prices drop

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures limit up on better cash sales

U.S. livestock: Hog futures higher on spreading

U.S. livestock: Early-week cash prices buoy CME live cattle

Klassen: Weaker barley prices enhance yearling prices

U.S. livestock: CME hogs bounce back on bargain buying

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

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