Insights and Stories on Beef

Tensions build over Argentina’s beef export ban

May. 19, 2021 at 1:41 am CDT

Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentine farm groups will halt trading of livestock in protest against a 30-day government ban on beef exports aimed at bringing down domestic prices, the country’s main producer groups said in a joint statement Tuesday. The South American country’s centre-left Peronist government unveiled the ’emergency […]

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rally on technical bounce

May. 18, 2021 at 4:55 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures close to unchanged

May. 17, 2021 at 4:02 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Live cattle down, feeders up with corn

May. 14, 2021 at 6:00 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures fall on long liquidation

May. 13, 2021 at 6:52 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

JBS able to pass on higher grain costs in North America

May. 13, 2021 at 3:14 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — JBS SA, the world’s largest meatpacker, has been able to pass higher grain costs on to consumer prices because food demand is strong in markets such as the U.S. and Canada, executives said in an earnings call Thursday. In Brazil, where higher feed prices have […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures end mixed

May. 12, 2021 at 9:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures closed mixed on Wednesday, with the benchmark June contract easing in a light round of profit-taking while robust beef prices continued to underpin the market, traders said. Chicago Mercantile Exchange June live cattle futures settled down 0.025 cent at 118.6 cents/lb., retreating […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle extend rally as beef prices climb

May. 11, 2021 at 7:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose on Tuesday for a fifth straight session, led by high-flying wholesale beef prices, analysts said. Feeder cattle futures also advanced but gains were muted as corn futures rallied, signaling higher costs to bring cattle up to market-ready weight. CME […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Klassen: Stronger fed cattle prices underpin feeder complex

May. 11, 2021 at 4:56 am CDT

Alberta packers were buying fed cattle on a dressed basis in the range of $265-$270 delivered this past week, up $3-$5 from seven days earlier. Live prices were quoted at $159-$162 delivered using a 60 per cent grading. If the feedlot operator booked their feed grains earlier in winter, live […]

By Jerry Klassen

Walmart locks in CRSB claim for in-store beef brand

May. 11, 2021 at 4:32 am CDT

The Canadian arm of Walmart has locked in enough of a supply of certified-sustainable beef to label its entire Your Fresh Market burger patty line accordingly. The retail giant announced Monday it’s now sourcing beef from “certified sustainable” farms and ranches according to standards set by the Canadian Roundtable for […]

By Dave Bedard