Insights and Stories on Beef Cattle

Apr. 1, 2025 at 3:13 pm CDT

Live and fed cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange continued higher on Tuesday, building on yesterday’s gains.

By Glen Hallick

Apr. 1, 2025 at 10:03 am CDT

For the week ending March 29, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $5/cwt lower to $5/cwt higher compared to seven days earlier. The price structure was largely determined by the crowd's mindset regarding potential U.S. tariffs.

By Jerry Klassen

Mar. 31, 2025 at 3:04 pm CDT

Live and fed cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were lower on Monday, The June live cattle contract lost 1.20 cents at 203.650 cents per pound as it pulled lower on profit-taking. May feeder cattle futures stepped back 0.675 of a cent at 284.500 cents per pound. The USDA […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Mar. 25, 2025 at 3:56 pm CDT

For the week ending March 22, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded steady to $5 higher on average. Higher quality strings under 600 pounds traded $5 to as much as $10 higher in some cases but the lighter weight categories were quite variable across the Prairies.

By Jerry Klassen

Mar. 18, 2025 at 3:25 pm CDT

Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were mixed on Tuesday, seeing continued strength in the front months at the close while edging lower in the more deferred contracts.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin