CME live cattle futures move higher; hogs lower

May 7 (Reuters) – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures moved upward on Wednesday, with support from their discounts to prices for market-ready, or cash, cattle last week, traders said. * Wednesday is the first of five days in which funds that follow the Standard & Poor’s Goldman Sachs Commodity Index will sell, or “roll,”

GRAINS-Wheat slips from highs but hot weather supports

SYDNEY, May 7 (Reuters) – U.S. wheat futures dipped from a 13-month high on Wednesday, but losses were capped by concerns that U.S. output will be curbed by hot weather across the southern Plains and heightened tensions in Ukraine. FUNDAMENTALS * Chicago Board Of Trade July wheat, the most actively traded contract, fell 0.5 percent



GRAINS-Wheat advances as US Plains sizzles; corn turns higher

* KC wheat leads as heat in Plains scorches developing crop * Ukraine turmoil, weak U.S. dollar lend support * Corn follows wheat up; slow U.S. planting pace lends support * Soybeans down on ample Latin American oilseed supplies (New throughout; updates prices, adds quotes; changes byline, dateline, previous PARIS/SINGAPORE) By Julie Ingwersen CHICAGO, May



CME live cattle futures turn up on short-covering

May 6 (Reuters) – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle turned moderately higher on Tuesday, supported by short-covering and futures’ discount to last week’s cash prices, traders said. * Uncertainty about market-ready, or cash, cattle prices for this week limited advances, they said. * At 8:44 a.m. CDT (1344 GMT), June was up 0.250 cent per



GRAINS-Wheat rises over 2 pct as hot weather adds to crop woes

* Intense heat, wind in southern U.S. Plains stresses wheat * Trade monitoring unrest in key Ukraine port city of Odessa * Corn higher as wheat soars, USDA planting progress awaited * Soy lower after Canada reports record-high canola stocks (Recasts with U.S. trading, adds quotes; changes byline, dateline, previous PARIS/SYDNEY) By Julie Ingwersen CHICAGO,