Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) livestock futures mostly ended lower on Thursday, as a sluggish cash market weighed on nearly all cattle markets and hog traders continued to wrestle with concerns about demand for hefty pork supplies, analysts said.
U.S. livestock: CME cattle, lean hog futures weighed by demand questions
Plains blizzards and cold winter weather stressed animals and impacted weight gain
U.S. grains: Wheat rebounds with Black Sea risks, short covering by funds
Corn, soybeans fell as traders assessed a rainy forecast in South America
Chicago wheat futures climbed on Thursday after a vessel hit a mine in the Black Sea, an incident that underscores the continuing security risks along the key global grain trade shipping route.
U.S. livestock: CME lean hog, cattle future contracts mixed
Live cattle futures eased on profit-taking and weaker-than-expected cash trades
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) feeder cattle futures firmed on Wednesday, seeing a boost from weakness in the grain market and as the trade tried to spur ranchers to rebuild their herds, analysts said.
U.S. grains: Wheat slips after rally, soybeans tick higher
Traders continue to keep a sharp eye on Brazil weather forecast
Chicago wheat declined on Wednesday, erasing most of the gains made the day before when worries that escalating wartime tensions would impact shipping in the Black Sea exporting region sent grains markets higher.
CBOT weekly outlook: Late Christmas gift for futures
Re-opening of U.S./Mexico rail crossings boosted corn, dryness lifted soybeans
On what would have been a bearish week on the Chicago Board of Trade ending Dec. 27, prices received a sharp boost as trading resumed after Christmas.
U.S. grains: Chicago soybean, grain futures firm ahead of holidays
Railways between U.S. and Mexico reopened five days after key trade routes closed
Chicago Board of Trade soybean and grain futures firmed on Friday, as traders adjusted their positions before the year-end holidays after a flurry of economic data showed underlying inflation pressures continuing to ease.
U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs firm, but face bigger-than-expected US herd
Live cattle ended the day down, feeder cattle were up
Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs turned higher on a technical bump on Friday, and cattle futures were mixed on moderate cash trades, traders said.
Rising loonie and weaker futures weigh on spring wheat bids
The Canadian dollar strengthened relative to its United States counterpart
Spring wheat bids in Western Canada were mostly lower during the week ended Dec. 21, as strength in the Canadian dollar and losses in the United States futures weighed on values.
U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures face renewed pressure
Lean hog futures ended the day mixed
Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures were mostly sharply lower on Thursday as traders sold off or shifted their positions ahead of a series of key government reports, analysts said.
U.S. grains: Soybeans fall on Brazilian rain forecasts
Corn up on technical bounce, wheat up on weaker dollar
Chicago soybean futures fell on Thursday as traders focused on forecasts calling for rain in Brazil, tempering some concerns over yield losses in the world's top oilseed exporter.
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