Insights and Stories on Beef Cattle

Canada to produce world’s first McSustainable beef

May. 31, 2014 at 12:48 am CDT

Canada has been picked over Australia and Europe as the site of the McDonald’s chain’s pilot to serve only “sustainable beef,” Alberta Farmer has learned. A definition of “sustainable” is still on the drawing board. However, the fast-food firm has the backing of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association and is working […]

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking undercuts CME live cattle futures

May. 30, 2014 at 5:55 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Canada picked for sustainable beef pilot

May. 30, 2014 at 10:05 am CDT

By Alexis Kienlen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures climb as funds buy

May. 29, 2014 at 4:08 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. farm groups seek to exclude Japan from Trans-Pacific talks

May. 29, 2014 at 5:09 am CDT

U.S. livestock: Fund buying drives CME feeder cattle to record high

May. 28, 2014 at 7:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle Wednesday hit a record high on fund buying after contracts broke through technical resistance levels, traders said. “(The) technical aspect of the feeder cattle market looks fine,” said Citigroup futures specialist Sterling Smith. Fundamentally, young calves for feeding will be in […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Supply worries drop CME live cattle futures

May. 27, 2014 at 4:01 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Tuesday in anticipation of a seasonal bump in supplies that could further pressure prices for market-ready, or cash cattle, traders said. Last week, cash cattle in Texas and Kansas moved at $144 per hundredweight (cwt), $1 lower […]

By Theopolis Waters

Klassen: Feeder cattle market remains hot

May. 26, 2014 at 12:49 am CDT

Feedlot buying interest remained firm last week as feeder cattle supplies dwindle in line with the seasonal tendency. Small strings of feeders with mixed characteristics were well bid at the higher levels with no signal that this overall trend has come to an end. Once again, larger-frame Simmental-based feeders weighing […]

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures sag with cash prices before holiday

May. 23, 2014 at 3:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures ended lower on Friday, pressured by weaker prices for market-ready, or cash, hogs, with packing plants set to close on Memorial Day, traders said. The CME also will be closed on Monday in observance of the U.S. Memorial Day holiday. Cash […]

By Theopolis Waters

Cattle market could be due for setback, analyst says

May. 22, 2014 at 7:31 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Record-high cattle prices, tight feeder supplies and tonnes of producer optimism are causing concern for one Alberta market analyst who believes the market may be due for a setback. Errol Anderson of Pro Market Communications in Calgary said market conditions are so heated right now, he’s hearing […]

By Dave Sims