Insights and Stories on Cattle Futures

Klassen: Improving margins support feeder market

May. 24, 2016 at 8:08 pm CDT

Average western Canadian feeder cattle prices were $3-$5 above week-ago levels, with top-quality larger groups trading as much as $8-$10 higher. While current pen closeouts remain underwater, the deferred positions are somewhat brighter, which has rejuvenated buying enthusiasm. Most risk management strategies rely on cattle feeders staying in the game […]

U.S. livestock: Cash price outlook extends CME live cattle losses

May. 24, 2016 at 4:04 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Cattle limit down after bearish USDA surprise

May. 23, 2016 at 6:28 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

April U.S. cattle placed in feedlots at three-year high

May. 20, 2016 at 7:06 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Hogs fall on technical selloff

May. 18, 2016 at 5:53 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

Klassen: Feeder market bounces off previous lows

May. 17, 2016 at 7:36 pm CDT

Western Canadian feeder cattle prices traded $5-$8 above week-ago levels with quality groups of steers selling for as much as $10 higher. Renewed optimism surfaced amongst feedlot operators as feeding margins appear to be moving above break-even pen closeout values. Auction markets that only had two or three major buyers […]

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Live cattle firm on short-covering, beef gains

May. 17, 2016 at 6:05 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures edged higher on Tuesday, lifted by technical buying and short-covering tied to recent gains in wholesale beef prices, traders and analysts said. But cattle failed to surpass the one-month highs reached on Thursday, triggering concerns the rally that started at the end […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle finish mostly higher

May. 16, 2016 at 7:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts landed in positive territory on Monday, after investors bought deferred months and simultaneously sold June futures in a trading strategy known as bear spreading, traders said. June live cattle closed down 0.4 cent/lb. at 123.025 cents (all figures US$). […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Hogs gain most since December on strong cash markets

May. 11, 2016 at 5:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. lean hogs surged as much as 2.5 per cent for their biggest daily gains since December on Wednesday, lifted by rising cash prices and wholesale pork values that were tied to expectations of more export business to China, traders said. Technical buying also buoyed hog […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Hogs jump, cattle firm on gains in meat prices

May. 10, 2016 at 4:57 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hogs gained the most in a week on Tuesday while cattle futures rose for the eighth straight session, with each commodity rising in tandem with wholesale meat prices on signs of growing demand, traders said. Trading volumes in the livestock contracts were relatively subdued […]

By Michael Hirtzer