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
U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs rise on investment fund buying
U.S. livestock: Cattle surge on technical buying, packer demand
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
U.S. livestock: Live cattle drop on weak cash prices, big supplies
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
U.S. livestock: Live cattle rebound on technical buying, short-covering
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
U.S. livestock: Live cattle drop on weak cash prices, big supply
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures dropped for a third straight session on Wednesday on weakening cash cattle prices and plentiful supplies of market-ready animals, traders said. Actively traded CME August live cattle futures settled 1.35 cents lower at 99.05 cents/lb., its lowest since April 4 (all figures US$). June cattle […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Live cattle slump again on falling cash prices
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell sharply for a second straight session on Tuesday, pressured by technical selling and weakening cash cattle prices, traders said. Large numbers of slaughter-ready cattle are expected to continue flooding the market over near term and futures prices have slumped in anticipation of a cash […] Read more
Klassen: Feeder market faces many headwinds
Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle prices were relatively unchanged. Feedlot operators and order buyers were contending with a number of variables which resulted in a defensive tone. First, the Canadian dollar rallied late in the week, derailing any buying interest from south of the border. U.S. feeder cattle markets were also trading […] Read more
U.S. livestock: June live cattle limit down in technical selloff
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures tumbled two per cent or more on Monday, with the front-month June contract falling by its three-cents per pound daily limit in a technical selloff, traders said. Sufficient cattle supplies and weaker trades last week in U.S. Plains cash steer markets also weighed on futures. […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME hogs slump amid fund roll, NAFTA worries
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures finished lower on Friday, hit by the “roll” by funds into deferred months and uneasiness over North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) talks, said traders. “NAFTA fears, Goldman roll and premiums to the cash prices. Everyone who bought futures this week decided to dump them […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Short-covering boosts CME live cattle
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Thursday after short-covering and fund buying reversed the previous session’s losses, said traders. In a trading strategy known as bull spreads, traders bought June and simultaneously sold deferred months, stirred by firmer wholesale beef values and future’s discount to expected cash prices […] Read more
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