LIVESTOCK-U.S. hog futures dip on profit-taking, fund roll

* Futures' premiums pressure CME live cattle * Feeder cattle slip as corn prices edge higher By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures on Tuesday posted modest losses led by profit-taking following a recent string of market advances, traders and analysts said. Funds sold the October contract and bought

LIVESTOCK-U.S. hog futures mostly higher as funds roll

* Smithfield news "not surprising" to futures traders * Beef quote, fund roll weaken CME live cattle * Feeder cattle firm as corn prices drift lower By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures closed mostly higher on Monday as funds sold the October contract and bought deferred months led


LIVESTOCK-Fund buying extends U.S. hog futures advances

* CME live cattle mixed in choppy trading * Fund selling drops feeder cattle futures By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures rose for a sixth straight session on Friday, led by fund buying that prompted short-covering, traders and analysts said. October futures' discount to CME's hog index, which



LIVESTOCK-Fund buying boosts U.S. hog futures

* Cash sentiment underpins CME live cattle * Feeders follow firm live cattle market By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures climbed Thursday, driven by fund buying and short-covering on the eve of the last trading day of the month, traders and analysts said. Investors also adjusted positions ahead



Cattle Markets: Feeder prices seen staying strong going into fall

U.S. buyers have the lower loonie on their side

Cattle sale volume across Manitoba was still relatively low during the week ended Aug. 23, but auctions at Ashern, Gladstone and Ste. Rose resumed after being closed for most of July and August. According to Rick Wright, buyer with Heartland Buying Order Co., favourable pasture land conditions in Manitoba were keeping yearlings off the market.

Interested buyers coming forward from all directions

Pasture in the southwest is showing some pressure

Favourable pasture land conditions continue to keep yearlings out of Manitoba’s auction yards, according to Robin Hill, manager at Heartland Livestock in Virden. “Yearlings have lots of grass out there,” he said. “Guys don’t need to sell them even though the prices are good. In our area, pasture conditions look really good due to the


LIVESTOCK-Lower cash prices drag down US hog futures

* CME live cattle slide amid cash caution * Live cattle losses weigh on feeder futures * USDA cold storage report Thursday at 2 p.m. * USDA monthly cattle-on-feed report due Friday By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures fell on Thursday in reaction to lower cash hog and

Hog prices better recently, but fall uncertain

Canada’s hog producers posted profits during the summer, but the outlook heading into the fall is uncertainty, according to the general manager for h@ms Marketing Services, which represents producers in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. “From mid-May to present, I would suggest that most producers have made money,” Perry Mohr said. “However, I think people are kind