Insights and Stories on Beef

U.S. livestock: CME cattle firm on cash market optimism

Nov. 1, 2023 at 6:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures closed modestly higher on Wednesday, with the benchmark December contract extending its rebound from a four-month low set last week, buoyed by technical buying and expectations of rising cash cattle prices. Sellers in the Kansas and Texas cash markets […]

U.S. livestock: CME cattle rise on hopes for cash prices

Oct. 31, 2023 at 6:50 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle recover off recent slide, eye cash prices

Oct. 30, 2023 at 5:32 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle recover off May-level low

Oct. 27, 2023 at 7:05 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME cattle ease on larger U.S. supply, weaker equities

Oct. 26, 2023 at 6:02 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs rebound after recent losses

Oct. 25, 2023 at 7:31 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Cattle futures jumped at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Wednesday, bouncing off June lows hit this week on larger-than-expected U.S. supply numbers. Futures prices collapsed on Monday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a report issued after markets closed on Friday, said that producers placed […]

By Tom Polansek

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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures set June lows at CME

Oct. 24, 2023 at 5:30 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures hit their lowest levels since June on Tuesday, as the market continued to digest larger-than-expected U.S. supply numbers. The market stabilized, however, after the February contract on Monday tumbled by the exchange-imposed daily trading limit. Trading limits for live cattle […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME cattle sink to June lows

Oct. 23, 2023 at 6:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures plunged to four-month lows on Monday under pressure from bigger-than-expected placements into U.S. feedlots last month. Lean hog futures set contract lows. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a monthly report issued after trading ended on Friday, said placements of cattle […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures hit contract lows

Oct. 20, 2023 at 7:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange fell to life-of-contract lows on Friday and cattle futures also retreated, pressured by technical selling and worries that a slowing global economy could hurt demand for meat, traders said. Hog futures fell the most, with the benchmark December […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME cattle sag on packer margins, beef export sales

Oct. 19, 2023 at 4:47 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures eased and feeder cattle tumbled to June lows at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Thursday as poor margins for U.S. beef processors limited demand for livestock, brokers said. A marketing-year low in weekly U.S. beef export sales also hung over the market. Meat […]

By Tom Polansek