Insights and Stories on Beef Cattle

JBS to resume U.S. share listing plan after COVID-19 fallout

Aug. 14, 2020 at 7:36 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil’s JBS SA is reviving plans to list shares on Wall Street after dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic’s fallout, CEO Gilberto Tomazoni said on Friday, as the world’s largest meatpacker reported strong quarterly results. Speaking on a conference call with analysts following the company’s second-quarter […]

McDonald’s resuming all-Canadian beef supply

Aug. 13, 2020 at 8:42 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Bovine TB probe wraps with no exact point of entry found

Aug. 13, 2020 at 6:24 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

Klassen: Weaker feed grains drive feeder market higher

Aug. 11, 2020 at 3:00 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Klassen: Strong demand underpins yearlings

Aug. 4, 2020 at 7:43 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle near 5-month top on cash market optimism

Aug. 1, 2020 at 9:10 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. live cattle futures rose on Friday, with the benchmark October contract nearing a five-month high on expectations of firmer cash cattle prices in the coming week, traders said. Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) August live cattle futures settled up 1.100 cents at 102.825 cents per pound. […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures close higher on strong export data

Jul. 30, 2020 at 4:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. live cattle futures closed higher on Thursday for a third straight day, buoyed by strong weekly beef export sales and signs of firming cash cattle prices, traders said. Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) August live cattle futures settled up 0.275 cent at 101.725 cents per pound […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures close higher; lean hogs decline

Jul. 29, 2020 at 5:57 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. live cattle futures closed higher on Wednesday for a second session on firm cash cattle prices and a softer dollar, traders said. Cash cattle traded in the Texas Panhandle and Kansas at $97 per cwt, mostly $1 higher than last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures firm on expectations of firm cash

Jul. 28, 2020 at 5:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. live cattle futures rose on Tuesday, supported by expectations of higher prices this week in the cash market for slaughter-ready cattle, traders said. “Cash could be steady to $1 to $2 (per cwt) better this week. Some of the show lists are smaller than last […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Klassen: Feeder cattle market drawing attention

Jul. 28, 2020 at 9:25 am CDT

Compared to last week, Western Canadian yearling prices were $2 to $4 higher while calf markets traded $2 to $4 on either side of unchanged. U.S. prices were also up $2 to $4 which lent support to Canadian domestic values. Volumes remain thin across the prairies; many producers are busy […]

By Jerry Klassen