LIVESTOCK-CME live cattle futures decline on technical selling

* CME feeder finish down sharply * Hog futures close narrowly mixed By Meredith Davis CHICAGO, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures ended lower on Tuesday, pressured by technical selling and weaker wholesale beef prices, analysts and traders said. As the Thanksgiving holiday season approaches beef demand typically diminishes in favor










Fall cattle run carries on strong at Manitoba markets

Weekly livestock auction results for week ending Nov. 8, 2013

Manitoba auction yards were very busy again during the week ended Nov. 8, according to Robin Hill of Heartland Livestock Services at Virden, who noted the fall run should wrap up near the end of the month. “Volume was great this week,” he said, adding that over 5,000 cattle went through the auction yard at


Sheep and goat buyers focused on quality not weight

Results from the Winnipeg Livestock Auction Nov. 6 sale

Producers supplied 750 sheep and goats to the Winnipeg Livestock Auction on Nov. 6. There was strong bidding from new and traditional buyers. There was no differences in the price range between the wool and hair sheep — even the extremely woolly ewes were within the range. The price range was from $0.35 to $0.54