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U.S. livestock: Hogs jump in technical rebound

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures were mostly higher on Friday, rebounding from earlier losses on technical buying and short-covering following the midday expiration of the August contract, traders and analysts said. Gains in hog futures came after prices neared last week’s roughly four-month lows, and hogs could still face more



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U.S. livestock: Hogs jump on technical rebound

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures gained as much as two per cent on Wednesday, reversing from earlier losses on strength from technical buying and a rebound in wholesale pork prices, traders said. Hog futures tested life-of-contract lows reached last week but did surpass those lows, sparking short-covering. The opposite was



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U.S. livestock: Cattle rise on cash gains

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures jumped about one per cent on Friday, capping their best weekly performance since February as investors added to long bets following higher trades in Great Plains cash cattle markets, traders and analysts said. Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle were also higher, although each cattle contract finished just

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U.S. livestock: Hogs fall on big supplies

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hogs futures fell to 3-1/2-month lows on Thursday as investors continued liquidating long bets amid plentiful supplies and lacklustre pork export sales, traders said. Live and feeder cattle futures also eased at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, with cattle prices reversing from multiweek highs reached earlier in the session. Hogs



U.S. livestock: CME hogs settle mostly weak on month-end positioning

Chicago / Reuters – Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog contracts closed weaker on Friday, after a volatile session highlighted by  investors squaring positions on the final trading day of the month, trader said. August hogs finished up 0.125 cent per lb to 68.975 cents. October ended 0.150 cent per lb lower at 59.050 cents and December down 0.075 cent to