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U.S. livestock: Profit-taking undercuts CME live cattle

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters May 20, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished lower on Tuesday, pressured by profit-taking in anticipation of steady-to-lower prices for market-ready or cash cattle this week, traders said. Plant closures during the U.S. Memorial Day holiday will lessen their need for supplies, they said. Processors curbed slaughters to avoid spending more for

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U.S. livestock: Tight supply outlook rallies CME feeder cattle to new high

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters May 20, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures on Monday clocked a new high for a fourth straight session, partly driven by expectations for tighter numbers of calves ahead, traders said. Feedlots are spending more for calves, or feeder cattle, made scarce after several years of drought in the U.S. sent the herd

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Klassen: Demand heats up for available feeder cattle

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen May 20, 2014

Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were steady to $3 per hundredweight (cwt) higher with stronger buying interest noted on 800-pound-plus weight categories. Feedlot operators were once again out in full force, shopping for any available animal that might put some weight on over the next few months. Order buyers were busy on the phone but

CFIA has finalized export certificates for four Mexican beef packing plants effective April 3, the agency has confirmed. (Senasica.gob.mx)

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Mexican beef packers approved to export to Canada

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News May 16, 2014

Four processing plants in Mexico are the first to ship beef from that country to Canada under new export certificates finalized last month, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed. While Mexico’s agriculture secretariat (SAGARPA) announced in mid-February that CFIA has recognized Mexico’s federal inspection system as equivalent for beef processing, the certificates were finalized

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Tight supplies drop U.S. April cattle placements

By GFM Network News May 16, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — The number of cattle placed in U.S. feedlots last month fell five per cent from a year ago after prolonged drought in parts of the U.S. hurt crops, which led to fewer cattle for feedyards to draw from for fattening, a government report showed Friday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture report

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle gain ahead of USDA report

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters May 16, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle gained modestly on Friday as investors tweaked positions before the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s cattle-on-feed report at 2 p.m. CT, traders said. Analysts expect the data to show cattle placements last month declined from April 2013 after several years of drought in parts of the U.S.

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West’s ranchers sending cattle out to pasture early

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News May 15, 2014

CNS Canada — The late spring has prompted many Prairie cattle owners to put their animals on pasture weeks ahead of schedule, according to three industry watchers. “They are probably three weeks early (in Alberta) compared to when they should be turning them out,” said forage specialist Barry Yaremcio at the provincial Ag-Info Centre at

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U.S. livestock: CME hog futures drop on cash price unease

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters May 15, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hogs closed lower on Thursday, pressured by uneasiness about cash hog price direction amid ample supplies and slim packer margins, traders said. On Thursday, packers processed 413,000 hogs, 17,000 more than last week and up 8,000 from a year ago, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. Pork packer

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U.S. livestock: CME hog futures close higher but off session tops

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters May 14, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures closed higher Wednesday in anticipation of tighter supplies linked to the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv), traders said. May hogs, which expired at noon CT, settled unchanged at 112.4 cents per pound (all figures US$). June ended 0.975 cent higher at 120.575, and July up 1.5

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U.S. livestock: Cash price bounce sends CME hogs mostly higher

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters May 13, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures gained on Tuesday, driven by short-covering in response to higher prices for slaughter-ready or cash hogs, traders said. Aside from the CME May hog contract, which will expire on Wednesday, remaining months gained as packers spent more for supplies to accommodate the rest of this

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U.S. livestock: Profit-taking undercuts CME live cattle

U.S. livestock: Tight supply outlook rallies CME feeder cattle to new high

Klassen: Demand heats up for available feeder cattle

Mexican beef packers approved to export to Canada

Tight supplies drop U.S. April cattle placements

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle gain ahead of USDA report

West’s ranchers sending cattle out to pasture early

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures drop on cash price unease

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures close higher but off session tops

U.S. livestock: Cash price bounce sends CME hogs mostly higher

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