Insights and Stories on Cattle Futures

CME Group to close most open-outcry futures trading pits

Feb. 4, 2015 at 7:00 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — CME Group will shutter most of its open-outcry futures pits by July 2, the world’s largest futures market operator said Wednesday, bringing down the curtain on a once-raucous tradition that has been in decline since the rise of computerized trading. The decision ousts traders of products […]

U.S. livestock: Supply worries drop lean hogs to five-year low

Feb. 4, 2015 at 6:43 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rebound with beef prices

Feb. 3, 2015 at 5:18 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Hogs fall to four-year low, cattle tumble on supply

Feb. 2, 2015 at 5:53 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

Aggressive herd expansion reverses shrinking U.S. cattle supply

Jan. 30, 2015 at 4:42 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle post gains after wild ride

Jan. 30, 2015 at 3:12 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished higher on Friday after an up-and-down session, ultimately supported by short-covering and futures’ discounts to cash prices, traders said. February closed 1.325 cents per pound higher at 154.85 cents, and April up 1.775 cents, to 152.275 cents (all figures […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures slump, but off session lows

Jan. 29, 2015 at 5:04 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Thursday, pressured by profit taking before the last trading day of the month on Friday, traders said. Earlier, February and April triggered sell stops and fund liquidation after falling below the 10-day moving average of 152.95 cents […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs rally with biggest daily gain in four months

Jan. 28, 2015 at 3:58 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs closed sharply higher Wednesday on short-covering that earlier drove futures to their biggest one-day gain in four months at over two per cent. The electronic is currently trading and is up 1.8 per cent. February closed 2.1 cents per pound higher […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle see biggest daily rise in six months

Jan. 27, 2015 at 5:43 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle posted their biggest one-day percentage increase in six months on Tuesday, driven up over two per cent by bargain hunting, traders said. Speculative buying and short-covering helped boost nearby trading months to their three-cents-per-pound price limit, which will result in an […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs break five-day stretch of two-year lows

Jan. 26, 2015 at 5:36 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs ended higher on Monday on short-covering, and the wholesale pork price bounce that helped snap futures’ five-day streak of two-year lows, traders said. February closed 1.525 cents per pound higher at 70.825 cents, and April up two cents, to 72.65 cents […]

By Theopolis Waters