Insights and Stories on Beef Cattle

Klassen: Softer demand causes feeder prices to weaken

Nov. 19, 2018 at 7:43 pm CST

Compared to last week, Alberta feeder cattle markets traded $4 to as much as $8 lower; however, Manitoba and Saskatchewan prices experienced a week-over-week decline of $3 to $5 on average. Demand from Eastern Canada appeared to limit slippage in the eastern Prairie regions but some of these markets also […]

Bovine TB case turns up in southern B.C.

Nov. 19, 2018 at 7:15 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Japan considers scrapping age limit on U.S. beef imports

Nov. 15, 2018 at 3:49 pm CST

By Reuters

JBS posts narrower-than-expected quarterly loss

Nov. 13, 2018 at 7:50 pm CST

By Ana Mano

Klassen: Weather weighs on feeder cattle

Nov. 13, 2018 at 2:05 pm CST

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures drop most since June on weaker cash market

Nov. 9, 2018 at 4:35 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell more than 1 percent on Friday, sagging under pressure from lower wholesale beef prices and slightly weaker trades in cash cattle markets in the southern Plains, traders said. Front-month December live cattle settled 1.975 cents lower at 114.575 cents […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures gain on technical buying; hogs lower

Nov. 8, 2018 at 5:24 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. cattle futures were narrowly higher on Thursday, buoyed by spreading and technical buying despite a downturn in wholesale beef prices, traders and analysts said. Live cattle futures climbed for the third straight session on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange as the market continued to claw back […]

By Michael Hirtzer

Pre-booked corn pushing barley and wheat out of Alberta feedlots

Nov. 8, 2018 at 12:24 pm CST

CNS Canada – Cattle in “feedlot alley” in Lethbridge, Alta., won’t be seeing corn leave their diets any time soon, according to one feed grain buyer. “The marketplace booked up a fair bit of corn in advance of it, so through September, December and even out into March. So that’s […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rebound from 2-week low on short-covering

Nov. 7, 2018 at 4:40 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures were mostly higher on Wednesday, rebounding from an early two-week low on support from calendar spreading and short-covering, traders and analysts said. But excessive hog supplies and increased pork production made the market vulnerable to further declines, with weaker prices […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Hog futures tumble on ample supplies, weak cash market

Nov. 6, 2018 at 4:45 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago lean hog futures fell as much as 5 percent on Tuesday, under pressure from abundant supplies and weaker prices in the Midwestern cash hog market, traders and analysts said. Front-month December hog futures eased by the most since July, settling down the 3.000-cent daily price […]

By Michael Hirtzer