Insights and Stories on Beef Cattle

Feb. 25, 2020 at 6:28 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures fell sharply for a second consecutive day on Tuesday as fears of a coronavirus pandemic stoked concerns about demand and slower global economic growth. Commodities funds liquidated more of their sizable long holdings in cattle after the U.S. […]

By Karl Plume

Feb. 24, 2020 at 7:24 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle and hog futures plunged on Monday as a surge of coronavirus cases beyond China stoked fears of U.S. meat export delays and slower global economic growth. The actively-traded April live cattle contract and nearly all feeder cattle contracts closed down by their […]

By Karl Plume

Feb. 21, 2020 at 4:33 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures ended higher on Friday on a mild technical bounce while cattle contracts weakened. Feeder cattle contracts were under pressure from profit-taking following six straight days of gains that pushed the front-month contract to its highest since Jan. 30. CME lean hog […]

By Mark Weinraub

Feb. 20, 2020 at 4:59 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures fell from a 3-1/2 week high on Thursday on a round of mild profit-taking following four straight days of gains. Live cattle futures also were lower while feeder cattle contracts edged higher, their sixth straight day of gains. CME lean hog […]

By Mark Weinraub

Feb. 19, 2020 at 4:58 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures rose to their highest in 3-1/2 weeks on Wednesday as traders anticipated a long-awaited boost to demand from China, a day after the world’s top pork consumer announced it would grant exemptions to tariffs on U.S. imports. “We don’t know what the quantities […]

By Mark Weinraub