Insights and Stories on Livestock

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle firm on strong demand

Jun. 2, 2022 at 7:05 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group live cattle futures firmed on Thursday, supported by steady cash prices across the U.S. Plains, as well as strength in consumer beef demand, despite inflationary forces, analysts said. “The feeling two, three weeks ago was that beef demand wasn’t that good and […]

U.S. livestock: CME hogs firm on summer demand, tight supplies

Jun. 1, 2022 at 6:08 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: Hog, cattle futures fall despite strong demand

May. 31, 2022 at 5:33 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

Klassen: Steady demand supports feeder cattle prices

May. 31, 2022 at 2:27 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures fall as feed costs rise

May. 27, 2022 at 6:55 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Be strategic when rebuilding your cattle herd following drought

May. 27, 2022 at 12:26 pm CDT

Producers who were forced to cull their herds during last year’s drought may need years to rebuild their herds back to pre-drought levels. “When the drought hit last summer, one of the questions that came up was what if guys had to cull really hard,” said Brenna Grant, executive director […]

By Jennifer Blair

U.S. livestock: June hogs touch four-week high

May. 26, 2022 at 3:59 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — CME Group hog futures rose to their highest level in more than a month on Thursday, supported by strong exports and concerns about a slowing slaughter, traders said. Cattle futures ended the trading day close to unchanged. The U.S. Agriculture Department on Thursday morning said that […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. seeks another CUSMA dispute panel on Canadian dairy quotas

May. 25, 2022 at 5:26 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — The Biden administration is requesting that a second dispute settlement panel be formed under the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) to review a trade dispute with Canada over dairy import quotas, it said on Wednesday. The U.S. alleges that Canada’s dairy tariff-rate quota allocations deny eligible U.S. applicants, […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures weaken on cash market pressure

May. 25, 2022 at 5:01 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — CME Group cattle futures dipped on Wednesday, pressured by weakness in the cash markets, traders said. Hog futures were mixed, with prices closing well off their session highs after contracts hit technical resistance. The nearby June hogs contract rose 0.025 cent to 109.05 cents/lb., while most-active […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hog futures fall as supplies rise

May. 24, 2022 at 5:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — CME hog futures eased on Tuesday, pressured by a government report released after the close on Monday that showed supplies of pork at their highest in two years. The U.S. Agriculture Department on Monday afternoon said that frozen stocks of pork stood at 530.244 million lbs. […]

By Mark Weinraub