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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rally, hogs rise

Chicago cattle futures rallied on Monday following losses in the previous trading session. Hogs also rose. Most-active December live cattle contracts closed at 236.275 cents a pound, up 4.350 cents. October live cattle settled at 234.600 cents a pound, up 4.625 cents. Most-traded October feeder cattle futures settled at 354.500 cents a pound, up 8.700



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U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn jump after USDA’s monthly crop report

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago soybean and corn futures rose on Friday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture delivered a bearish, but unsurprising, monthly crop report. U.S. farmers will harvest the most acres of corn since 1933 and produce more of the grain than previously expected, even though crop yields will miss earlier forecasts, the

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U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans tick higher ahead of USDA report

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago corn and soybeans futures rose on Thursday as traders squared positions before a government crop report on Friday that will include closely watched U.S. corn and soybean harvest forecasts, analysts said. Wheat ticked higher on short covering, though swelling global supply hung over the market. The most active soybean contract


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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures bounce on short covering

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures ticked higher on Thursday on a short-covering bounce, though a weaker cash market and concerns around consumer demand for beef continued to weigh on the market. Cattle futures also benefited from rising grains futures, which steadied ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly supply and

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U.S. livestock: Cattle make gains, hogs mixed

Most Chicago cattle futures rose on Wednesday after Tuesday’s hard fall. Hogs settled on either side of unchanged. Most-active October live cattle futures closed at 231.150 cents per pound, up 0.975 cents. December contracts settled at 232.675 cents a pound, up 1.500 cents. Nearby feeder cattle futures rose, while deferred contracts lost steam. Most-traded October


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U.S. grains: Soy and corn ease as traders await US crop report

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago soybeans and corn dipped on Wednesday as traders squared positions ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s global supply and demand report due on Friday, analysts said. Meanwhile, wheat dropped on falling global demand. The USDA is expected to trim U.S. soybean and corn yield forecasts on Friday, though production

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U.S. livestock: Cattle drop sharply, hogs mixed

Chicago cattle futures fell on Tuesday on a hefty technical correction. “I think that’s what we’re seeing now. A correction,” wrote analyst Jefferson Fosse with Walsh Trading. Most-active October live cattle contracts closed at 230.175 cents a pound, down 5.625 cents. December contracts closed down 6.400 cents to 231.175 cents per pound. The market has


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U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn, wheat ease, traders eye USDA crop report

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago corn, soybean, and wheat futures eased on Tuesday as traders squared positions before a U.S. government supply and demand report this week. Wheat ticked down with falling Russian export prices, analysts said. Market participants are awaiting the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s global supply and demand estimates on Friday. In a