Insights and Stories on Beef

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rise to highest since July 2019

Feb. 23, 2021 at 7:33 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live hog futures rose to their highest since July 2019 on Tuesday, underpinned by strong demand. Cattle futures weakened for the fourth time in five days, with the most-active April live cattle contract sinking to a one-month low as activity at meat processors […]

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures fall as supplies seen rising

Feb. 22, 2021 at 4:53 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Live cattle end week lower

Feb. 19, 2021 at 7:10 pm CST

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures dip on slaughter delays

Feb. 18, 2021 at 7:04 pm CST

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures sag as weather stalls slaughter pace

Feb. 17, 2021 at 7:41 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures mostly firm on wintry Plains weather

Feb. 16, 2021 at 7:34 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures closed mostly higher on Tuesday as frigid conditions gripped the U.S. Plains and Midwest, limiting the movement of animals into meat plants and threatening to reduce cattle weights, traders said. However, rallies were limited as wintry weather and power outages prompted meat-packing […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rally

Feb. 12, 2021 at 7:55 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures rallied on Friday, supported by cold weather in the United States that was making it hard to put weight on animals. “Weather remains front and center for cattle producers, bitter cold temps will be with us through the weekend and also some sizable […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hogs rise to four-month high on supply woes

Feb. 11, 2021 at 6:34 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures rose for the seventh time in eight sessions on Thursday, hitting a four-month high on concerns about tight supplies, traders said. “There are a lot of empty barns out here,” Don Roose, president of U.S. Commodities in West Des Moines, Iowa said. Live […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Live cattle down on profit taking

Feb. 10, 2021 at 6:22 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures dropped on a profit-taking setback on Wednesday, a day after rallying to their highest in nearly a year, but worries about a cold snap across production regions of the Plains kept declines in check. Hog futures rebounded after closing mixed on Tuesday […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs end mixed after five-session rally

Feb. 9, 2021 at 7:37 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures ended mixed on Tuesday following five straight sessions of contract highs that triggered technical and speculative selling and profit taking in some futures months. The market, however, remained underpinned by strong cash hog prices, robust export demand and profitable pork packer margins, […]

By Karl Plume