Insights and Stories on Beef Cattle

Oct. 3, 2019 at 5:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures firmed for the second day in a row on Thursday, with the most-active December live cattle contract holding support near a two-month peak on strong cash prices. “The cash market has been moving up steadily,” said Don Roose, analyst with U.S. Commodities in […]

By Mark Weinraub

Oct. 2, 2019 at 5:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. livestock futures were mixed on Wednesday, with hog contracts easing for the second day in a row on technical follow-through selling while cattle futures firmed. The most-active December live cattle contract hit its highest in nearly two months. Traders said futures prices for hogs had […]

By Mark Weinraub

Oct. 1, 2019 at 6:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. livestock futures fell on Tuesday as hogs retreated from a two-month high reached a day earlier. December lean hog futures sank 2.675 cents to 69.925 cents/lb. at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (all figures US$). The setback came after the contract reached its highest price since […]

By Tom Polansek

Sep. 30, 2019 at 6:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures touched a two-month high on Monday on technical buying and hopes for more export sales to China, brokers said. Traders are waiting for confirmation of Chinese buying as the Asian nation is struggling with an outbreak of African swine fever, a fatal pig […]

By Tom Polansek

Sep. 27, 2019 at 6:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live and feeder cattle futures on Friday surged to their highest prices seen in nearly a month, as the cash market began to firm and traders grew more bullish about export demands after the U.S. and Japan signed a limited trade deal this week. The […]

By P.J. Huffstutter