Livestock Markets

* Wholesale beef prices set new record * CME feeder cattle finish mostly lower * Lower cash prices pressure hog futures By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures gained modestly on Friday and finished with their sixth straight weekly gain, boosted as wholesale beef prices stayed at record

Jan 17 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures turned lower on Friday after three days of gains, pressured by profit taking before the U.S. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday, traders said. *CME livestock markets will trade normal hours on Friday. The exchange will be closed on Monday in observance of the

Jan 16 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Thursday climbed to a fresh high, with support from buying left over following Wednesday's record-breaking cash and wholesale beef prices, traders said. * The U.S. Department of Agriculture's weekly export data on Thursday for the period ended Jan. 9 showed U.S. beef sales at

Jan 9 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures traded mixed on Thursday, with support from higher wholesale beef prices while pressured by profit taking, traders said.

* Beef price surge helps CME live cattle * Feeder futures climb as corn prices slide * Speculative buying pull up CME hog futures By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and hog futures on Wednesday gained as funds sold, or rolled, the February contract and bought deferred months,

Jan 7 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Tuesday turned moderately lower led by profit taking after recently setting new highs, traders said.

* Most CME feeder cattle post new contract highs * Hog futures slip on possible cash, demand worries By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures, on a lead-month chart basis, notched a new high for a fourth straight session on Monday, partly driven by Arctic air that disrupted

* Live cattle futures lift CME feeder cattle * Cash jitters pare hog futures' advances By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Monday landed in positive territory for a third straight session, fueled by sharply higher wholesale beef prices, traders said. Monday morning's wholesale price for choice

* Lower corn prices raise CME feeder cattle * Hog futures drop with wholesale pork values * USDA's quarterly hog report set for Friday By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Thursday on short-covering in an otherwise quiet post-holiday session, traders said. December live cattle

* CME feeder cattle track weak live cattle * Hog futures mixed on holiday positioning By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures posted modest losses on Tuesday as investors pocketed profits before the Christmas holiday, traders said. December live cattle futures finished 0.350 cent per lb lower at