1. Because of the unexpectedly large placement number, cattle futures for June delivery are likely to fall on Tuesday. 2. A close friend of the Clintons, Blair was trading cattle futures and making a great deal of money. 3. A day later, cattle futures plummeted on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. 4. A few weeks later, Mrs. Clinton got a hot tip from Blair about trading cattle futures. 5. Cattle futures could rise next week if the cold, wet weather results in animal weight loss, analysts said. 6. Cattle futures fell as traders anticipated that a large feedlot herd in the coming months would overwhelm demand. 7. Cattle futures fell as weak retail demand for beef gave meatpackers little incentive to buy animals. 8. Cattle futures fell on expectations that supplies of animals ready for slaughter will increase in the coming months. 9. Cattle futures fell on expectations that supplies of market-ready animals will be ample in coming months as consumer demand for beef wanes. 10. Cattle futures fell the daily trading limit after the government said feedlots last month filled their pens, ensuring abundant supplies later in the year. |