Insights and Stories on Cattle Futures

U.S. livestock: Live cattle mostly higher on good demand, cold concerns

Jan. 30, 2019 at 3:43 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures for April delivery, the most actively traded contract, firmed for the fourth day in a row on Wednesday on good end-user demand. The contract hit an all time-high of 128.15 cents/lb. during Wednesday’s session but closed slightly below that peak […]

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle weak as temperatures fall

Jan. 29, 2019 at 3:35 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

Klassen: Feeder market easily absorbs adverse weather

Jan. 29, 2019 at 12:04 pm CST

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Hogs mostly lower

Jan. 28, 2019 at 5:42 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hogs sink on big supplies, poor exports

Jan. 25, 2019 at 4:32 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME hogs weaken on technical selling, demand uncertainty

Jan. 24, 2019 at 5:25 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures eased on Thursday on a round of technical follow-through selling after declining on Wednesday, traders said. Weakness in the cash market, as well as uncertainty about demand from China, also weighed on the hog market. CME February lean hogs closed Thursday […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures rise on bargain buying

Jan. 23, 2019 at 5:35 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures rose on Wednesday, led higher by a bargain buying bounce in the feeder cattle contracts. The feeder cattle market, which jumped 1.4 per cent on Wednesday, was sharply oversold after the front-month contract hit its lowest since May 24 on Tuesday, […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME cattle fall as temperatures set to rise

Jan. 22, 2019 at 4:28 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures eased on Monday, pressured by forecasts for better weather in the U.S. Plains following snowstorms and bitter cold in the past week, traders said. “The big thing in the cattle was a real clear message that we have a sharp increase […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hogs rise on hopes for China trade talks

Jan. 18, 2019 at 6:18 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Hopes for progress in talks to resolve the U.S.-China trade war lifted Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures on Friday, traders said. Wall Street and commodities advanced after Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter, reported that China offered to go on a six-year buying spree […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Cattle ease on technical selling ahead of storm

Jan. 17, 2019 at 6:32 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange livestock futures were lower on Thursday, with live cattle prices easing from recent contract highs on technical selling ahead of a major winter storm forecast to hit U.S. cattle country, traders said. Feeder cattle futures fell to a roughly 1-1/2 week low, pressured […]

By Michael Hirtzer