CME April live cattle futures LCJ24 settled down 0.450 cent at 181.225 cents per pound, retreating after rising to 183.450 cents, the contract's highest point since Nov. 7. Last week's firm cash cattle prices and technical buying underpinned the market, traders said.
U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures ease on profit-taking after 2-1/2-month peak
Lean hog futures ended modestly higher; firm cash hog prices lent support
U.S. grains: Soy hits 2-yr lows on South American crop prospects, demand worries
Chinese demand less certain as real estate crisis deepens there
U.S. soybean futures fell to two-year lows below $12 a bushel on Monday, pressured by improving prospects for large South American harvests and worries about demand as top global soy buyer China struggles with a real estate crisis, analysts said.
U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn pressured by South American supply prospects
Outlooks for large soy and corn crops in Argentina, optimism about Brazil's harvest set the tone
U.S. soybean futures sank to a one-week low on Friday and corn fell more than 1 per cent as traders focused on improving prospects for South American harvests, analysts said.
U.S. grains: Soybean, soyoil futures slide on weak demand
KC wheat firms on demand optimism
U.S. soybean futures Sv1 fell 1.4 per cent on Thursday, pressured by weak export demand for U.S. supplies of the oilseed given strong competition from Brazilian supplies, along with sliding values for soybean oil, traders said.
U.S. grains: Corn up 1.3 per cent on South America weather worries, softer dollar
Wheat futures ended up 2.4 per cent on technical buying and weakness in the dollar
Chicago Board of Trade corn futures rose 1.3 per cent on Wednesday as uncertainty about crop prospects in South America and a setback in the dollar triggered a round of short-covering and lifted the benchmark corn contract Cv1 from three-year lows set last week, traders said.
U.S. grains: Soybeans rise, led by soyoil and crude oil; wheat up, corn choppy
Crude oil futures rose almost 2 per cent on supply disruptions, supporting soy
U.S. soybean futures climbed on Monday as soyoil futures jumped 2.7 per cent on short-covering and strength in crude oil, traders said.
USDA November soy crush estimated at 199.7 million bushels
The U.S. crush topped 200 million bushels in October for the first time ever
The U.S. soybean crush likely eased slightly to 5.991 million short tons in November, or 199.7 million bushels, while soyoil stocks rose, according to analysts surveyed by Reuters ahead of a monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) report.
CME cattle futures rout continues; hogs end lower
Despite small U.S. herd, placement into feedlots have been above last year's levels
Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange dropped on Thursday to fresh multi-month lows on technical selling and weak beef prices at a time when feedlot supplies of market-ready cattle are rising, analysts said.
U.S. livestock: CME hog, cattle futures down on profit-taking
Cash hog values seen softer
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) hog futures closed lower on Friday, retreating on a round of profit-taking after the benchmark December contract rose to its highest level in a month. Soft cash hog values, weaker wholesale pork prices and a large weekly hog slaughter added to bearish sentiment. “We’ve had a pretty
U.S. grains: Soybeans set 6-1/2-week high
Weaker U.S. dollar lifts grains complex
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures touched a 6-1/2-week high on Friday, lifted by uneven crop weather in top soy producer Brazil and fresh export demand for U.S. supplies, coupled with a plunge in the dollar that bolstered corn and wheat futures as well. Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) January soybean futures settled up
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