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LIVESTOCK-U.S. hog futures jump with pork prices

By Reuters August 3, 2013

* Deliveries unease pressures CME live cattle * Feeders slip on weak live cattle market By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange hogs closed higher on Friday as strong pork prices lifted futures for a third straight session, traders and analysts said. Friday morning's USDA mandatory wholesale pork price report, or

Livestock Markets, US Markets

LIVESTOCK-Cheaper corn hits U.S. live cattle futures

By Reuters August 2, 2013

* Feeders spike to 7-1/2-month high as corn falls * Hog futures' jump on discount to cash, spreads By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle slumped on Thursday as eroding corn prices stirred selling that trumped initial speculative buying, traders and analysts said. "Usually when you have back-month futures

Livestock Markets, US Markets

LIVESTOCK-US live cattle futures up with seasonal cash hopes

By Reuters July 30, 2013

* Cheaper corn drives up feeder cattle futures * Mixed CME hogs on discount to cash, spreads By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, July 29 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle on Monday gained for a third straight session in anticipation of a seasonal uptrend in cash cattle prices, said analysts and traders. Last summer's drought

Beef cattle, Livestock Markets, US Markets

LIVESTOCK-Rising temperatures heat up U.S. hog futures

By Reuters July 17, 2013

* CME live cattle drop with beef prices * Feeder cattle futures settle mixed By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, July 16 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures on Tuesday rose in anticipation of hot weather in the U.S. Plains pushing up cash hog prices, traders and analysts said. Hot humid weather tends to slow hog

Hogs, Livestock Markets, US Markets

LIVESTOCK-Cheaper corn drives US feeder cattle to 6-month high

By Reuters July 16, 2013

* Speculative buyers push up live cattle futures * CME hogs spike amid futures' discount to cash By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, July 15 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures hit a 6-month high Monday led by CME live cattle market gains and lower-priced corn, said traders and analysts. Favorable crop growing conditions in

Livestock Markets, US Markets

LIVESTOCK-Profit taking and cheap corn sink U.S. hog futures

By Reuters June 28, 2013

* USDA quarterly hog report on tap for Friday * CME live cattle fall on deliveries, spreads * Feeders follow live cattle futures lower By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, June 28 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures dropped on Friday pressured by profit taking and sharply lower Chicago Board of Trade corn futures, traders and

Livestock Markets, US Markets

LIVESTOCK-Record-high pork prices drive up U.S. hog futures

By Reuters June 28, 2013

* USDA quarterly hog report set for Friday * CME live cattle mostly higher as funds buy * Live cattle futures' climb pulls up feeders By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, June 27 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures climbed on Thursday as pork prices remained historically high, traders and analysts said. Thursday morning's U.S. Department

Livestock, Livestock Markets

Weekly cattle auction report

Smaller volumes propped up prices

June 26, 2013

Feeder cattle prices at auction yards across the province of Manitoba brought in steady to strong prices during the week ended June 21. Smaller numbers helped to keep prices propped up, while a pickup in demand from local buyers was responsible for some prices moving higher. Scott Anderson, with Winnipeg Livestock Sales, said the demand

Beef cattle, Livestock Markets, US Markets

LIVESTOCK-Lower cash prices weaken U.S. hog futures

By Reuters June 26, 2013

* CME live cattle mixed in choppy action * Feeders mimic two-sided live cattle trade By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, June 25 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange hogs dropped Tuesday as lower cash prices stirred profit taking, traders and analysts said. They said anticipation of wholesale pork prices about to top out contributed to CME hog

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock Markets, US Markets

LIVESTOCK-Cattle futures gain on short-covering

By Reuters June 6, 2013

* Short-covering buoys cattle futures * Feeders follow cattle higher * Hogs gain on strong cash markets By Sam Nelson CHICAGO, June 6 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures closed higher on Thursday on technical short-covering and despite wholesale beef markets that eased again from recent record highs, traders and analysts said.

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LIVESTOCK-U.S. hog futures jump with pork prices

LIVESTOCK-Cheaper corn hits U.S. live cattle futures

LIVESTOCK-US live cattle futures up with seasonal cash hopes

LIVESTOCK-Rising temperatures heat up U.S. hog futures

LIVESTOCK-Cheaper corn drives US feeder cattle to 6-month high

LIVESTOCK-Profit taking and cheap corn sink U.S. hog futures

LIVESTOCK-Record-high pork prices drive up U.S. hog futures

Weekly cattle auction report

LIVESTOCK-Lower cash prices weaken U.S. hog futures

LIVESTOCK-Cattle futures gain on short-covering

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