Insights and Stories on Beef

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs decline amid demand worries

Mar. 14, 2023 at 6:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange livestock markets ended lower again on Tuesday, with cattle and hog futures easing on demand concerns, analysts said. Front-month feeder cattle futures hit their lowest price since March 3, extending a retreat from a 2015 high reached last week. Front-month live cattle, meanwhile, […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle hit one-month low on profit-taking

Mar. 13, 2023 at 7:12 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle retreat as corn prices rise

Mar. 10, 2023 at 7:36 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

The good, bad and ugly of on-farm food processing

Mar. 10, 2023 at 10:43 am CST

By OrganicBiz

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle pull back

Mar. 9, 2023 at 6:08 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle highest since 2015 as corn sags

Mar. 8, 2023 at 7:35 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Front-month feeder cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange hit the highest in nearly 7-1/2 years on Wednesday as falling prices for corn signaled cheaper feed costs, traders said. CME April feeder cattle futures settled up 1.4 cents at 200.075 cents/lb. after setting a life-of-contract high […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle climb to another contract high

Mar. 7, 2023 at 7:57 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures reached a contract high for a second consecutive session on Tuesday, while live cattle futures retreated from a contract high set a day earlier, brokers said. Reduced U.S. herd sizes due to drought have propelled futures higher recently, though some […]

By Tom Polansek

Meat lobby says U.S. voluntary label rule could spur trade action

Mar. 7, 2023 at 7:13 pm CST

U.S. meat industry lobbyists say Washington’s proposed new rules governing voluntary ‘Product of USA’ or ‘Made in the USA’ labels would “impose the same standard” as that country’s now-defunct mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL) law — and frustrate U.S. packers who import Canadian meat or livestock. The U.S. Department of Agriculture […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle set contract high on tightening supplies

Mar. 6, 2023 at 7:33 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures jumped to a new contract high on Monday on firm cash prices and increasing concerns about reduced U.S. herd numbers, analysts said. Traders focused on tighter cattle supplies as demand from meatpackers for livestock to slaughter remained strong. Ranchers have […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs rally on strong outside markets

Mar. 3, 2023 at 8:33 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog and cattle futures rose sharply on Friday, as gains in outside markets bolstered optimism about the economy and consumer demand for beef and pork, traders said. Concerns that a late winter storm forecast for the U.S. Midwest this weekend could disrupt supply […]

By Mark Weinraub