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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures down for 3rd day

Aug. 24, 2018 at 4:59 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. live cattle futures fell Friday for a third straight session, with the benchmark CME October contract notching a six-week low on disappointing cash cattle values, traders said. Slaughter-ready cattle traded Thursday at $109 per cwt in Texas and Kansas, down from $109 to $110.50 last […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures decline after weaker cash trade

Aug. 23, 2018 at 7:06 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Klassen: Feeder market eyes feed grain prices

Aug. 20, 2018 at 10:02 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Use caution when testing water quality with hand-held meters

Aug. 17, 2018 at 3:21 pm CDT

By Piper Whelan

Klassen: Strong demand drives yearlings higher

Aug. 14, 2018 at 4:28 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Manitoba Beef Producers president steps down

Aug. 13, 2018 at 7:39 pm CDT

The race to become the federal Conservatives’ candidate in Dauphin has claimed a second Manitoba farm leader. Dauphin-area rancher Ben Fox, president of Manitoba Beef Producers and the District 13 representative on the group’s board, announced Tuesday he had resigned as MBP president to seek a “federal party nomination.” MBP […]

By GFM Staff

U.S. livestock: Hog futures fall to new contract lows on heavy supplies

Aug. 8, 2018 at 12:05 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures tumbled about 3 percent to fresh life-of-contract lows on Wednesday as cash hog and pork prices extended declines amid abundant supplies and worries of sagging demand, traders said. Most active October lean hog futures fell 1.575 cents to 48.400 cents […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle fall on technical selling; hogs mostly lower

Aug. 7, 2018 at 6:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. cattle futures fell on Tuesday, with feeder cattle easing about 2 percent on pressure from technical selling and abundant supplies, traders and analysts said. Lean hog futures also were mostly lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, weighed down by declining prices for hogs in cash […]

By Michael Hirtzer

Klassen: Small volumes characterize feeder cattle market

Aug. 7, 2018 at 11:03 am CDT

It’s that time of year when the feeder cattle market experiences a calm before the storm. The fall run will get underway over the next three weeks and recent market activity appears to be quite positive. Last week, yearlings and calves traded $3 on either side of unchanged compared to […]

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise on better beef packer demand

Aug. 3, 2018 at 5:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose sharply on Friday, lifted by better demand from beef packers who were bidding more aggressively to buy steers in cash markets, traders and analysts said. Technical buying also supported cattle futures, which broke out of a relatively narrow trade […]

By Michael Hirtzer