Insights and Stories on Beef

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs, live cattle end lower on uncertain demand

Aug. 17, 2021 at 6:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange ended lower on Tuesday on long liquidation and uncertainty about demand for various cuts of pork, traders said. Benchmark CME October lean hogs settled down 1.1 cents, or 1.2 per cent, at 87.9 cents/lb., retreating from Monday’s nearly […]

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs climb on strong cash

Aug. 16, 2021 at 7:18 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures gain

Jul. 23, 2021 at 5:35 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle up on export demand

Jul. 22, 2021 at 6:35 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hog contracts end firm

Jul. 21, 2021 at 5:29 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs firm on strong pork demand

Jul. 20, 2021 at 4:55 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures gained on Tuesday on short-covering and continued firmness in the wholesale pork market, traders said. “August seems like its anchored by what’s going on in the cutout,” said Altin Kalo, economist at Steiner Consulting Group. “They’ve been surprised by the […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle firm on tighter supplies

Jul. 19, 2021 at 6:37 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures climbed on Monday, as supplies tightened in the northern U.S. Plains, traders said. “You’ve got a lot of empty yards,” said Scott Varilek, broker at Kooima Kooima Varilek Trading Inc. “We don’t have a lot of large supplies, large runs. […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: Firm cash markets lift hog futures

Jul. 16, 2021 at 6:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures closed higher on Friday as firm U.S. cash markets and rising pork prices underscored tight hog supplies, analysts said. News of the first confirmed cases of African swine fever in farmed pigs in Germany added support, raising uncertainty about pork […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle drift lower

Jul. 15, 2021 at 6:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures drifted lower on Thursday in lacklustre trade, with disappointing weekly export sales data and softening wholesale beef cutout prices adding pressure, analysts said. “The fact that the cutout on beef has been drifting lower just doesn’t give the market a […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle fall on corn rally

Jul. 14, 2021 at 7:56 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower Wednesday, led by weakness in feeder cattle futures and profit-taking after a near two-week high, traders said. CME feeder futures set the tone, falling one per cent as corn futures jumped on worries about dry U.S. weather, a […]

By Julie Ingwersen