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* Lower deferred CME cattle pressures feeder cattle * CME hogs set new highs to narrow discount to cash By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures settled mixed on Friday on profit taking after setting a record high for a lead contract earlier in the session. October live

Oct 24 (Reuters) - CME live cattle futures gained for a fifth day in a row on Thursday, supported by the previous day's record-high cash prices, traders and analysts said.

* Feeder futures follow live cattle higher * CME hogs climb on futures' discount to cash By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle on Tuesday gained for a third straight session, helped by recent wholesale beef price advances that may contribute to record-high cash prices this week, traders said.

* CME live cattle end mixed in quiet trading * Feeder cattle futures weakened by firm corn * CME resumes lean hog, feeder cattle indexes * USDA delays monthly cattle, storage reports By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange hogs ended lower for a third straight session on Monday, pressured by

Oct 17 (Reuters) - Due to the suspension of USDA's daily slaughter report amid the partial U.S. federal government shutdown, the following estimates were provided by analytical market research firm Urner Barry. Averages of the analysts' estimates are rounded to nearest thousand head. HOGS CATTLE Thursday 10/17/2013 (est) 430,000 121,000 Week-ago slaughter (est)* 432,000 122,000

* Feeder cattle track CME live cattle advances * USDA cattle report release unlikely on Friday * Hog prices up on fund buying, short-covering * CME posts final October 2013 hog futures settlement By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Wednesday, supported by the steep

* Profit taking drags down CME live cattle * Feeder futures fall as corn prices climb By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures prices finished more than 1 percent higher on Tuesday as fund buying rallied the market from early-session lows, traders and analysts said. They said nearby hog