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LIVESTOCK – U.S. live cattle firm on positive packer profits

By Reuters May 14, 2013

* High beef prices underpinning cattle futures * Feeder cattle slip as CBOT corn soars * Most hog futures firm on higher cash hogs By Sam Nelson CHICAGO, May 13 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures closed firm on Monday as the wholesale beef market remained near record highs and on improving

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LIVESTOCK-U.S. feeder cattle jump on prospects for cheaper feed

By Reuters May 11, 2013

* Feeder futures benefit from bigger corn supplies * Most live cattle firm as beef keeps setting record highs * Most lean hogs weak on seasonal decline By Sam Nelson CHICAGO, May (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) feeder cattle futures rose on Friday, led higher by deferred contracts, on expectations for lower cattle feed

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock Markets, US Markets

LIVESTOCK-U.S. live cattle futures up as cash keeps climbing

By Reuters May 10, 2013

* Cattle recovering from steep slide * Feeder cattle follow live cattle higher * Hog futures ease in anticipation of seasonal slide By Sam Nelson CHICAGO, May 9 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures posted tentative gains on Thursday on a rebound from the steep slide since the month began and continued

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LIVESTOCK-U.S. live cattle futures fall despite record beef prices

By Reuters May 9, 2013

* Lower cash cattle prices pressure futures * Feeders follow live cattle market lower * Hogs up with cash prices in tight supply By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, May 8 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Wednesday fell for a fourth straight session as lower cash cattle prices weighed on the market despite

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LIVESTOCK-Most U.S. hogs futures gain as funds roll positions

By Reuters May 8, 2013

* Weak cash expectations drop CME live cattle * Feeder cattle futures track live cattle lower By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, May 7 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures settled mostly firm on Tuesday as funds sold the spot-June contract and bought deferred months as dictated by the Goldman Sachs Commodity Index roll. Funds that

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Interest in grass cattle tempered by lack of grass

By Terryn Shiells April 26, 2013

Tight feed supplies continued to pressure feeder cattle prices at auction yards across Manitoba during the week ended April 19. Prices on good-quality cattle fared better than those on poorer-quality cattle, said Buddy Bergner of Ashern Auction Mart. “The good cattle were fully steady, but plainer-type cattle were down 10 to 15 cents (per pound).”

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Flooded markets push prices lower

By Mark Elliot April 26, 2013

The Winnipeg Livestock Auction received 350 sheep and goats for the sale. The eastern and western markets have become filled with the constant supply of sheep and lambs — with the assistance of regionally supplied animals. Following other meat trends, store prices have not followed producer prices down. The buyers put extreme pressure on the

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Canada ponders COOL retaliation

By Alex Binkley April 18, 2013

With the deadline for changing its discriminatory country-of-origin labelling law barely a month away, Ottawa is drawing up a list of possible retaliatory measures against the U.S. — and it’s getting pretty long, says Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz “It would take a lot of initiatives to reach the $1 billion a year in damages being

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Winter weather continues to draw out spring run

By Terryn Shiells April 18, 2013

The spring cattle run is lasting longer than some people originally anticipated, and auction yards across Manitoba continued to see strong volumes of cattle during the week ended April 12. Auction yards at Grunthal, Virden and Gladstone all reported having more cattle at their sale than the previous week, while markets at Ashern, Brandon and

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Ritz fights COOL in Washington

By Alex Binkley April 11, 2013

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and representatives of the pork and beef sector were in Washington April 8 trying once more to convince the Obama administration to comply with a trade ruling against a protectionist U.S. labelling rule. The World Trade Organization gave the U.S. until May 23 to end its discrimination against Canadian and Mexican

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U.S. livestock: Cattle sink ahead of semi-annual inventory report

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat futures firm on recent dollar slide, winter weather

Feed Grains Weekly: More consideration being given to U.S. corn

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