Insights and Stories on Beef

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on strong cash markets

Oct. 5, 2020 at 5:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle and lean hog futures advanced on Monday on expectations that cash prices will remain firm, analysts said. Cash cattle prices are expected to rise $1-$2/cwt this week as packers ramp up slaughtering, said Brian Hoops, president of broker Midwest Market Solutions (all figures […]

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures sag on fears for economy, beef demand

Oct. 2, 2020 at 6:10 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Nearby cattle futures lower on profit-taking

Oct. 1, 2020 at 6:59 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures slip as feed grain prices soar

Sep. 30, 2020 at 6:01 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Cattle up on beef demand, cash market optimism

Sep. 29, 2020 at 6:55 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

China targets pork self-sufficiency rate of 95 per cent

Sep. 28, 2020 at 7:50 pm CDT

Beijing | Reuters — China is aiming to produce 95 per cent of its pork at home, according to a cabinet document outlining plans for its livestock sector, underscoring a goal to quickly rebuild its huge pig herd after a major disease epidemic. The document, released on Sunday, comes amid […]

By Dominique Patton

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures up on cash market optimism

Sep. 28, 2020 at 7:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures closed firm on Monday, rallying after a sharply lower open as strong packer margins raised expectations for higher cash cattle trade this week, analysts said. Average beef packer margins rose to $320.18 per head, from $313.25 on Friday, according to livestock marketing […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Canada not benefiting from CETA, Bibeau says

Sep. 25, 2020 at 7:39 pm CDT

Canada is not benefiting from the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with the European Union (EU), federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau grants. Expected to spur $1.5 billion in new agri-food exports, the free trade deal has fallen short of those targets since its implementation in 2017. In a letter […]

By D.C. Fraser

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rise on export hopes

Sep. 25, 2020 at 5:07 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures rose 1.7 per cent on Friday, with the market shrugging off bearish supply data on hopes that exports would remain strong, traders said. “At a time when we are nearing our fourth-quarter peak in supply, the market is highly focused on the belief […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise on supply concerns

Sep. 24, 2020 at 3:59 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures rose to their highest in more than a month on Thursday, supported by signs of a stabilizing cash market and concerns about tight supplies in the coming months, traders said. “The feedlots believe… that we have a marketing hole for most of October […]

By Reuters