Insights and Stories on Cattle Futures

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up on expectations for Chinese buying

Sep. 12, 2019 at 6:09 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures climbed the daily exchange-imposed limit on Thursday on increasing expectations for Chinese buying as the world’s two largest economies prepared for talks aimed at breaking the logjam in their trade war. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) will temporarily expand the trading limit […]

Klassen: Feeder market experiences mixed tone

Sep. 10, 2019 at 7:51 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: CME hogs limit down as trade war heats up

Aug. 23, 2019 at 5:40 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle extend climb on robust packer margins

Aug. 22, 2019 at 7:20 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME cattle rise on strong beef demand

Aug. 21, 2019 at 6:48 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle climb on wholesale beef demand

Aug. 20, 2019 at 7:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Tuesday for a second session, supported by strong wholesale beef demand ahead of the Labour Day holiday weekend, analysts said. Retailers are stocking their meat cases this week ahead of the Labour Day holiday on Sept. 2, […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Klassen: Feeder cattle falter under fed cattle uncertainty

Aug. 20, 2019 at 2:29 pm CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices were down $2-$4 on average. The feeder cattle market was hard to define due to limited volumes; however, prices were down $2 to as much as $6 in some cases. The Aug. 9 fire at a Tyson packing plant near Holcomb, Kansas […]

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures up on larger-than-expected weekly slaughter

Aug. 19, 2019 at 6:52 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Monday after U.S. government data showed last week’s slaughter was bigger than the previous week’s, despite a fire that shuttered a Kansas beef plant. The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated the weekly U.S. cattle slaughter through Saturday […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME hogs limit down on demand concerns

Aug. 16, 2019 at 4:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — CME lean hog futures fell sharply on Friday, with the most-active October contract notching a limit-down move as traders worried that seasonal growth in supplies will outstrip demand. Weakness in the cash market also spilled over into the futures, traders said. The demand concerns stemmed from […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hog futures sink to five-month low

Aug. 15, 2019 at 7:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) hog futures fell to a five-month low on Thursday, pressured by big supplies that overwhelmed any optimism about news that China made its biggest purchases of U.S. pork in seven weeks, traders said. The world’s largest pork consumer bought 10,211 tonnes of […]

By Mark Weinraub