Insights and Stories on Livestock

Hope dries up along with pastures and fields

Jul. 30, 2021 at 9:51 am CDT

The effect of the arid spring and the blistering July heatwave will be felt “for years to come.” “On a scale of one to 10, I’d put this at a 10 — it’s extremely severe,” said Melanie Wowk, chair of Alberta Beef Producers. “The herd will shrink — not just out of […]

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs end mixed as traders eye Dominican hog disease

Jul. 29, 2021 at 7:00 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

African swine fever confirmed in Dominican Republic pigs: USDA

Jul. 29, 2021 at 9:35 am CDT

By Julie Ingwersen Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking drags down CME livestock futures

Jul. 27, 2021 at 4:46 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Klassen: Feed barley rally pressures feeder cattle market

Jul. 27, 2021 at 10:13 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle top three-week high; feeder cattle set contract high

Jul. 26, 2021 at 4:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures topped a three-week high on Monday on expectations that supplies will tighten in the coming months, while feeder cattle set a contract high, traders said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a monthly report issued after the markets closed on Friday, […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures gain

Jul. 23, 2021 at 5:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — CME feeder cattle futures firmed on Friday, bolstered by lower corn and wheat markets that may translate into eased feed costs, traders said. CME live cattle also gained and are expected to firm next week as the trade digests the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly cattle […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle up on export demand

Jul. 22, 2021 at 6:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — CME cattle futures firmed on Thursday, supported by strong export demand for U.S. supplies, traders said. Hog futures were narrowly mixed, with the nearby contract firm on good weekly exports while deferreds eased on technical selling. CME August lean hog futures gained 0.075 cents to 106.65 […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hog contracts end firm

Jul. 21, 2021 at 5:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — CME cattle and hog futures rose on Wednesday, supported by concerns about near-term supplies, traders said. Analysts were expecting a U.S. Agriculture Department report on Friday to show that the number of cattle on feed as of July 1 was 99 per cent of the year-earlier […]

By Reuters

German hog market shrugs off swine fever discovery on farms

Jul. 21, 2021 at 4:57 pm CDT

Hamburg | Reuters — German pig prices were unchanged this week despite the discovery of the disease African swine fever in farm animals, German animal farmers’ association VEZG said on Wednesday. German pig prices were the same as last week at 1.42 euros (C$2.10) per kilogram slaughter weight, the VEZG […]

By Reuters