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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end higher, gaining against hogs
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose more than one per cent on Wednesday on optimism about firmer cash cattle trade this week and inter-market spreading against hog futures, traders said. The market shrugged off bearish cattle and beef data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Monday’s Cold Storage and […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs jump on spreading, packer demand
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle and lean hog futures rose more than one per cent on Tuesday, lifted by spreading and investment fund buying backed up by robust demand from meat packers, traders and analysts said. Beef and pork packers were capturing big profit margins given higher meat prices and comparatively lower prices […] Read more