Insights and Stories on Beef

U.S. livestock: Live cattle set five-month high, beef prices rise more

Aug. 12, 2020 at 6:10 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures leapt to a five-month high on Wednesday and feeder cattle futures neared a six-month peak as boxed beef prices continued to rise. Meatpackers are paying more for cattle due to the strength of the beef market, traders said. Prices typically […]

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise with U.S. beef prices

Aug. 11, 2020 at 6:27 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Live cattle up on cash market strength

Aug. 10, 2020 at 5:32 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rise on good cash market demand

Aug. 7, 2020 at 4:37 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures fall after bearish export reports

Aug. 6, 2020 at 8:16 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures steady as investors eye supplies

Aug. 5, 2020 at 6:30 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures steadied on Wednesday, with investors unwilling to push the market above recent highs due to plentiful supplies. Some producer hedging also was noted, traders said. “Everybody is a little too bulled up,” said Larry Hicks at Cattlehedging.com. “Everybody thinks we have worked through […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures snap winning streak on profit-taking

Aug. 4, 2020 at 7:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures weakened on Tuesday, snapping a five-session streak of gains, as traders took some risk off the table. Hog futures were slightly firmer. Investors shrugged off signs of strength in the cash cattle markets, concerned that the streak that pushed the October contract […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures gain, fall short on the week

Jul. 24, 2020 at 6:19 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures gained on Friday, after four consecutive days of declines, as traders anticipated the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle on Feed report. Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) August live cattle futures settled up 0.475 cent at 101.325 cents/lb. and October live cattle added […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures ease, demand picture foggy

Jul. 23, 2020 at 4:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures fell again Thursday, the fourth consecutive step back after reaching a high not seen since early March. “The rally last week was kind of counter-seasonal. You typically don’t rally the cattle in late July, early August, in the dog days of summer,” […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: Live cattle continue lower on unclear outlook

Jul. 22, 2020 at 5:09 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures closed lower on Wednesday as uncertainty about demand lingers, while dry conditions in the U.S. West have analysts worried about an influx of market-ready cattle in the coming weeks. “You look at pasture range and it is deteriorating very quickly,” said Ted […]

By Christopher Walljasper