Chicago | Reuters –– CME Group said Tuesday it will delay the closure of its open-outcry futures markets in Chicago and New York by at least one trading day due to a technical revision in its filing with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The final open-outcry session is now expected to be on July […] Read more
CME’s futures pit closures delayed to July 6 or later
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle retreat, hogs end mixed
Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle turned lower on Monday, pressured by profit-taking and futures’ modest premiums to last week’s cash prices, traders said. June closed 0.45 cent per pound lower at 152 cents, and August was down 0.075 cent, to 151.825 cents (all figures US$). Futures changed from being at a […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures turn back early selling
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Monday, reversing initial weakness helped by short-covering and the morning’s wholesale beef price bounce, traders said. June closed up 0.55 cents per pound at 152.45 cents, and August 1.225 cents higher at 151.9 cents (all figures US$). Monday morning’s wholesale choice beef […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rally before USDA report
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Friday gained for the first time in seven sessions, partly buoyed by short-covering and positioning before the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle on Feed report at 2 p.m. CT. Analysts on average expect Friday’s report to show 7.2 per cent fewer cattle placed […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle down sixth straight day
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures lost ground for a sixth straight session on Thursday, pressured by cash price caution for this week, traders said. June closed down 1.525 cents per pound to 150.425 cents, and August 1.3 cents lower at 149.35 cents (all figures US$). Market-ready (cash) cattle bids in […] Read more
U.S. seeks arbitration at WTO over COOL-related sanctions
The U.S. government has mounted a new defense at the World Trade Organization for its meat label law, this time seeking arbitration against Canada’s request for trade sanctions. The WTO Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) had been scheduled Wednesday to hear Canadian trade officials’ request to authorize over $3 billion in tariffs on U.S. goods, in formal retaliation […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle ease while awaiting cash prices
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Wednesday, weighed by caution ahead of this week’s cash prices, traders said. June closed down 0.1 cent per pound, to 151.95 cents, and August 0.575 cent lower at 150.65 cents (all figures US$). Cash cattle bids in the U.S. Plains were at […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle again close mostly firm
Chicago | Reuters — For a second straight session most Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts finished in modest positive territory on Tuesday pegged to bear spreading and speculative buying, traders said. The spreads consisted of traders who sold June futures ahead of its expiration on June 30 and simultaneously bought deferred months. June closed […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end mostly firm
Chicago | Reuters — Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts gained modestly on Monday, supported by short-covering and futures’ discounts to last week’s cash prices, traders said. Investors bought deferred contracts and simultaneously sold June ahead of its expiration on June 30, they said. June closed down 0.275 cent per pound to 152.175 cents, […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Lower cash prices sink CME live cattle
Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell hard Friday, pressured by lower prices for market-ready (cash) cattle, traders said. June closed 2.775 cents per pound lower, at 152.45 cents, and August down 2.125 cents, to 150.8 cents (all figures US$). A moderate number of cash cattle in Nebraska sold at $152 […] Read more