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U.S. livestock: Cattle tumble, hogs decline on liquidation after Brexit

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. live cattle tumbled more than two per cent on Friday, extending the week’s losses to the largest in about two months, as investors liquidated holdings following Britain’s referendum vote to exit the European Union, traders and analysts said. Feeder cattle futures also fell sharply while lean hogs notched smaller declines […] Read more






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U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle hit three-year low on corn prices

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. feeder cattle futures tumbled to the lowest levels in more than three years on Friday as rising corn prices made fattening cattle for slaughter unprofitable, reducing demand, traders and analysts said. Chicago Mercantile live cattle and lean hog futures also fell, weighed by technical selling and as retailers had largely […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Cattle ease on cash weakness, lean hogs gain

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures were mostly lower on Thursday as investors continued to liquidate their holdings amid expectations for more lower prices in cash cattle markets, traders and analysts said. All feeder cattle contracts fell to lifetime lows, knocking out what had been their previous life-of-contract lows […] Read more


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U.S. livestock: Most CME live cattle futures rise on short-covering

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed mostly higher on Tuesday, driven by short-covering after contracts settled down their three cents/lb. daily price limit on Monday, traders said. CME’s live cattle futures will return to the normal three-cent limit on Wednesday after failing to settle at the expanded limit of 4.5 […] Read more