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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Short-covering pares recent CME live cattle losses

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Wednesday settled higher after short-covering helped recoup some of the market’s recent cash price related losses, traders said. A few investors adjusted positions before the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle on Feed report on Friday. December live cattle finished 0.7 cent/lb. higher at […] Read more
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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Lower cash prices drop CME hogs to one-month low

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs on Tuesday slid to their lowest level in a month after downward-trending cash prices triggered sell orders, traders said. Fund selling developed after some contracts drifted below technical support areas. December hogs ended 2.325 cents/lb. lower at 59.975 cents, and below the 100-day moving average of […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market maintains upward trend

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Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were quite variable this past week. Strength was noted in the eastern Prairie regions where markets traded $5 to as much as $10 above week-ago levels; however, Alberta steer prices were relatively unchanged but heifers traded $5 to $8 higher. Available feeder supplies will tighten as we approach the end […] Read more
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle retreat from five-month high

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle on Thursday settled lower, pressured by profit-taking after futures posted new highs for the contract and reached their highest level in almost five months, said traders. December futures led decliners after funds “rolled” that month and at the same time purchased deferred contracts ahead of similar […] Read more
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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise again on cash hopes

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures bounded to life-of-contract highs for the third straight session on Wednesday, rising on expectations that beef packers will continue paying higher prices in Plains cash markets, traders said. About 1,500 cattle sold at the weekly Fed Cattle Exchange online auction at $120/cwt, which was up from feedlot […] Read more
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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle, hogs hit contract highs on fund buying

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and lean hog futures rose to life-of-contract highs on Tuesday, lifted by investment fund buying linked to optimism that meat prices will continue to rise, traders said. Speculative investors who already were holding massive net long positions in cattle and hog futures added to those bets, […] Read more
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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle surge to contract highs on higher cash prices

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Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. live cattle and feeder cattle futures contracts surged to lifetime peaks on Monday, boosted by unexpectedly high-priced sales in cash cattle markets that occurred after the futures close on Friday, traders said. Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange surpassed Friday’s highs when trade resumed on Monday and some contracts […] Read more

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