Beef cattle

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle contracts on Wednesday settled up at their maximum three-cents daily price limit, lifted by live cattle futures’ climb to a new high, traders and analysts said. They also cited strong prices for calves for fattening and the corn price slide to a five year low. Less

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower Tuesday, pressured by profit-taking and fund selling on the final trading day for the quarter, traders and analysts said. October live cattle closed down 0.5 cent per pound to 160.45 cents, and December one cent lower at 163.475 cents (all figures US$). Despite

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished sharply higher on Monday, erasing early-session losses as they gained on short-covering and fund buying before the end of the quarter on Tuesday, traders and analysts said. October live cattle closed up 2.5 cents per pound at 160.95 cents, and December was 2.375 cents

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle nearby trading months closed up the maximum three-cents-per-pound daily price limit, driven by short-covering and fund buying, traders said. October and December finished at 158.45 and 162.1 cents/lb., respectively (all figures US$). Deferred contracts may have drawn support from the outlook for tight supplies in the

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs closed lower on Thursday, pressured by active U.S. stock market selling as the dollar surged to a four-year high, traders and analysts said. The strong dollar makes U.S. goods including pork less attractive to foreign buyers. Hog futures’ losses mounted after nearby trading months drifted below