Fears over avian flu spreading to pigs in the United States and greater hog slaughter are causing lean hog prices at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) to fall to three-month lows, according to a livestock economist.
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Pork market strong despite weak U.S. futures
U.S. livestock: Live cattle retreat on heavy supplies, weak cash market
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures eased on Monday on ample supplies of market-ready cattle and expectations for flat to lower cash cattle sales this week, traders and analysts said.
U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures turn higher, feeder cattle lower
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures were mixed on Friday, with live cattle contracts turning higher and a rally in Chicago corn futures Cv1 pressuring most feeder cattle contracts lower.
U.S. livestock: Livestock futures turn lower amid choppy trading
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures turned lower on Thursday amid a day of sideways and choppy trading, as wholesale beef prices dropped and cash cattle markets saw limited activity.
U.S. livestock: Live cattle, lean hogs rise on technical buying
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures firmed on Tuesday on technical buying, while lean hog contracts ended higher in a technical and short-covering rebound following four days of declines.
U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures mixed, hog futures lower, amid demand questions
Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures ended Monday mixed, after conflicting market signals sent feeder cattle futures lower and nearby live cattle contracts slightly higher. Lean hog futures eased, as market participants wrestled with growing uncertainty over consumer demand for meat as the U.S. enters into the traditional summer grilling season. In
U.S. livestock: CME cattle stabilize after bird flu roils markets
Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures stabilized on Friday after U.S. testing of ground beef samples for H5N1 bird flu fuelled wild swings, but markets still closed lower for the week. Live cattle and feeder cattle futures had rallied on Thursday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture said the samples from retail
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures jump after US ground beef tests negative for bird flu
Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures rallied on Thursday after the U.S. government said retail samples of ground beef tested negative for the bird flu virus.
U.S. livestock: Bird-flu testing of US ground beef sinks CME cattle futures
Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures took a dive on Wednesday on concerns that U.S. government tests of ground beef for the bird flu virus will harm consumer demand.
U.S. livestock: Cattle sink as bird-flu beef tests fuel demand fears
Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures tumbled on Tuesday as traders worried consumers will buy less meat, a day after the U.S. government said it will verify the safety of ground beef in states that have bird-flu infections in dairy cows.
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