Insights and Stories on Beef Cattle

Sep. 5, 2024 at 5:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle and feeder cattle futures fell on Thursday on renewed worries over inflation-hit consumers’ ability to purchase pricy cuts of meat, traders said. Hog futures also fell on a seasonal lull in prices and a strong supply of heavy hogs. Beef […]

By Heather Schlitz

Sep. 4, 2024 at 4:55 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle and feeder cattle futures fell on Wednesday following recent weakness in cash prices and as corn prices sustained a small rally, traders said. Traders also monitored U.S. beef demand. Demand for beef typically weakens after Labor Day, which is considered […]

By Heather Schlitz

Sep. 3, 2024 at 4:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) livestock futures turned higher on Tuesday, as wholesale prices firmed and the slaughter pace temporarily shrank as some plants shuttered over the holiday weekend, analysts said. Strong boxed beef prices continued to underpin cattle markets, traders said. Select boxed beef prices rose […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

Sep. 3, 2024 at 9:52 am CDT

For the week ending August 31, Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were relatively unchanged compared to seven days earlier. Finishing feedlots are exuding a cautious sentiment. While order buyers had a full deck, there were upside limits. Pen-sized strings of quality yearlings traded at a premium to average values. Alberta […]

By Jerry Klassen

Aug. 28, 2024 at 3:30 pm CDT

It’s the first of its kind in North America, it brings fresh meat to consumers in the portions they choose, and it’s happening on Main Street in Russell, Manitoba. The E Butchery on Main, created by Nerbas Bros. Angus, brings direct consumer marketing and vending machines together for the ease […]

By Miranda Leybourne