Insights and Stories on Cattle Futures

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle fade before holiday

Feb. 12, 2016 at 5:27 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell modestly on Friday, following this week’s cheaper cash prices and the potential for further declines next week, traders said. The CME will be closed on Monday in observance of the U.S. Presidents Day holiday. Packers in the U.S. Plains […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle tumble with cash prices

Feb. 11, 2016 at 3:31 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle gain, but off session highs

Feb. 10, 2016 at 3:42 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

CME to reduce livestock futures, options trading hours

Feb. 10, 2016 at 11:20 am CST

By Theopolis Waters

Klassen: Feedlots risk-averse on feeder cattle purchases

Feb. 10, 2016 at 9:09 am CST

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle ease ahead of cash prices

Feb. 9, 2016 at 9:07 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures ended lower on Tuesday after traders sold the February contract and bought deferred months while awaiting cash prices later this week, traders said. On Tuesday, packers in Texas and Kansas bid $132/cwt for market-ready, or cash, cattle against sellers who […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Cattle limit down on equities downturn

Feb. 8, 2016 at 4:33 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures tumbled more than two per cent on Monday, falling in sympathy with steep downturns in equities markets and following disappointing trades last week in cash cattle. Front-month live and feeder plummeted by their respective daily price limits of three and 4.5 cents/lb., with […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Fallen equities market topples CME live cattle

Feb. 5, 2016 at 5:46 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts closed lower on Friday, weighed by cash price caution and heavy U.S. stock market losses, traders said. The day’s firm U.S. dollar and the plunge in equities tied to disappointing jobs data pulled most commodity prices lower, they said. Altin […]

By Theopolis Waters

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

Feb. 4, 2016 at 6:36 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts closed weak on Thursday, after investors sold deferred months and bought February in anticipation of at least steady cash prices by Friday, traders said. Packers in Kansas and Texas on Thursday bid $138/cwt for market-ready, or cash, cattle, which […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rise as weather crimps supply

Feb. 3, 2016 at 6:38 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures gained for a third straight day on Wednesday, with packers eyeing fewer available cattle as the U.S. Plains digs out from wintry weather, traders said. They said that while some processors have resumed normal operations, others still found it difficult […]

By Theopolis Waters