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CME February 2019 live cattle with 50-day moving average. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs drop on trade worry after Huawei arrest

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume December 6, 2018
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures fell for the third time in four sessions on Thursday on worries about rising U.S.-China trade tensions following the arrest of a Chinese executive in Canada, but the market clawed back most of the losses by the close. After optimism that trade talks last weekend between Washington

CME February 2019 lean hogs with 50-day moving average. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs rebound on demand hopes, pork margins

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume December 5, 2018
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures rebounded on Wednesday after two sessions of declines as improving meat packer margins and hopes for more pork sales to China buoyed the market. Traders are anticipating more pork sales to China following surprise sales to the world’s largest hog and pork market last week. Washington and


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Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs slip on trade truce worries

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume December 4, 2018
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures fell for a second consecutive session on Tuesday on concern over a trade truce agreement reached over the weekend between the U.S. and China, the world’s top hog and pork market. Global stock markets tumbled on Tuesday as optimism waned that the U.S. and China could quickly

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs ease, await trade truce benefits
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs ease, await trade truce benefits

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume December 3, 2018
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures closed mostly lower on Monday in a profit-taking setback from near two-highs as traders awaited further confirmation of pork purchases by China following a thaw in tense trade relations over the weekend. At a gathering of G20 countries in Argentina on Saturday, the White House agreed to


CME February 2019 live cattle, with 20-day moving average. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures up slightly

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen November 30, 2018
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures closed modestly higher on Friday on short-covering after a four-session slide and concern that wintry weather in the central Plains in the coming days could slow cattle weight gain, traders said. Lean hog futures were mixed as traders awaited news on U.S.-China trade talks expected this weekend as

CME February 2019 lean hogs, with 50-day moving average. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Hogs bounce on news of pork sales to China

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen November 29, 2018
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures jumped more than four per cent on Thursday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s weekly export sales report showed that China last week placed its largest order for U.S. pork since February, traders said. The purchases are a signal that an outbreak of African swine fever in


CME February 2019 lean hogs, with 50-day moving average. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs sag on technical selling, soft cash

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen November 28, 2018
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures closed mostly lower on Wednesday, with the benchmark February contract declining for a third straight session on technical selling and weak cash values, traders said. Chicago Mercantile Exchange February lean hog futures settled down 0.55 cent at 64.5 cents/lb. after the contract dipped below its 50-day moving

CME February 2019 lean hogs, with 20-day moving average. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs drift lower on weak cash values

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen November 27, 2018
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures closed mostly lower on Tuesday, with the benchmark February contract falling for the fourth session out of the last five after hitting a contract high last week. “The cash market continues to struggle. It’s a battle between reality and the ASF (African swine fever) headlines,” said Craig


CME February 2019 lean hogs with 20-day moving average. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs decline as cash values soften

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen November 26, 2018
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures fell on Monday on softer cash values and reduced demand for hogs from packers who were cutting kills, traders said. Live cattle futures were modestly lower while feeder cattle ended mixed, with front-month January declining and back months firming. Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures fell despite

CME February 2019 live cattle with 20-day moving average. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs gain in thin trading on demand optimism

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer November 23, 2018
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. livestock futures were higher on Friday, with lean hogs rising sharply and cattle notching relatively smaller gains as each market was buoyed by hopes of better meat demand, traders said. Hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange continued to rise on expectations that the spreading African swine fever virus in


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