Insights and Stories on Livestock

Nov. 6, 2025 at 4:58 pm CST

Chicago cattle futures fell on Thursday but to a lesser degree compared to Wednesday’s limit-down drop. Most-active December live cattle closed down 1.750 cents to 218.775 cents per pound. February contracts settled at 216.750 cents a pound, down 1.375 cents. Most-active January feeder contracts closed down 4.375 cents at 315.600 […]

Nov. 6, 2025 at 4:16 pm CST

Birds are now to be culled from a British Columbia ostrich operation that sought to bypass standard federal practice in on-farm outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza and has been denied an appeal at Canada’s highest court.

By Jonah Grignon

Nov. 6, 2025 at 10:14 am CST

As hot, dry weather persisted this summer, some producers have looked to salvage crops for feed instead of grain. This is a great opportunity to get value from your crop and provide more feed options to livestock producers. Salvage crops can be a great feed source for livestock. However, there are a […]

By Adriane Good

Nov. 5, 2025 at 3:50 pm CST

Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were down by their daily limits on Wednesday, with speculative long liquidation a feature. The December live cattle contract lost 7.250 cents per pound at 220.525 cents. Feeder cattle were down 9.250 cents in the January contract at 319.975 cents per pound. U.S. […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Nov. 4, 2025 at 5:47 pm CST

Chicago cattle futures fell back on Tuesday. Hogs continued to slide. Most-active December live cattle futures closed at 227.775 cents a pound, down 4.425 cents. February contracts lost 5.025 cents to settle at 225.375 cents per pound. Most-active January feeder contracts lost 7.300 cents to close at 329.225 cents a […]

By Geralyn Wichers