Insights and Stories on Beef

China’s slower meat imports seen worsening its protein shortage

Jul. 9, 2020 at 12:02 pm CDT

Beijing | Reuters — China’s dwindling pace of meat imports, thanks to its tough measures against coronavirus contamination, will provide further support for prices already buoyed by a severe shortage of pork, analysts said. Purchases of pork and other meats have soared this year after domestic production shrank 30 per […]

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures, boxed beef prices weaken

Jul. 8, 2020 at 7:37 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Large supplies push cattle, hogs mostly lower

Jul. 7, 2020 at 5:32 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Live cattle jump to two-month high

Jul. 6, 2020 at 6:43 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

China suspends beef imports from Cargill plant

Jul. 6, 2020 at 3:33 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise as corn prices ease

Jul. 2, 2020 at 6:42 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures rose on Thursday with feeder cattle leading the pack, as corn prices eased on profit taking ahead of the long holiday weekend, analysts said. Thursday’s feeder cattle rally was due in part to a slump in corn futures, traders said. Earlier this week, […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures rise on new-month buying

Jul. 1, 2020 at 8:08 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures closed higher on Wednesday on what appeared to be technical and speculative buying at the start of a new month and quarter, analysts said. Yet the benchmark August live cattle contract on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange remained rangebound, with rallies capped by […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures drift lower as corn prices soar

Jun. 30, 2020 at 8:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures closed modestly lower on Tuesday, pressured by a surge in Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn futures that is likely to squeeze profit margins for livestock producers, traders said. “The rise in feed costs changes the dynamics in the industry. It cuts into […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs end firm on light recovery bounce

Jun. 29, 2020 at 8:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures closed modestly higher on Monday, shaking off early declines and firming on technical buying ahead the end of the month and quarter, after a three-session slide last week, traders said. A firmer close in Wall Street equity markets lent support as optimism […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Hogs tumble on bigger-than-expected supply, economic concerns

Jun. 26, 2020 at 6:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures plunged by as much as the daily trading limit on Friday and ended sharply lower after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimated supplies above already-high trade expectations. Economic concerns amid rising novel coronavirus infections added pressure to hogs and also dragged […]

By Karl Plume