Insights and Stories on Cattle Futures

U.S. livestock: Live cattle hit contract highs on storm forecast

Jan. 15, 2019 at 5:36 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures rose to life-of-contract highs at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Tuesday, lifted by worries that severe winter weather could prompt beef packers to pay higher prices for animals in the U.S. Plains, traders said. Technical buying and short-covering also buoyed cattle prices while […]

U.S. livestock: Hog futures drop in technical sell-off

Jan. 14, 2019 at 5:41 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME hogs slip on weaker cash

Jan. 11, 2019 at 7:04 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hogs, cattle rise as export hopes remain

Jan. 10, 2019 at 3:22 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Cattle ease after rally

Jan. 9, 2019 at 5:32 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hogs rise on China hopes

Jan. 8, 2019 at 7:42 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures were mostly higher on Tuesday, supported by prospects for improving export demand, traders said. The market was waiting for a pickup in deals from China due to the spread of African swine fever there. “That hope is still out there, but […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Cattle break losing streak on bargain buying

Jan. 7, 2019 at 5:47 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose 1.2 per cent on Monday, rebounding from five straight sessions of declines on a round of bargain buying. Feeder cattle futures also closed higher after sinking to a one-month low during the session while lean hog futures eased. Cattle […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Cattle ease on technical selling after steady cash sales

Jan. 3, 2019 at 5:47 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures eased as much as one per cent on Thursday, weighed down by technical selling and steady deals in cash markets in the southern Plains, traders and analysts said. Live cattle futures weakened for the fourth straight session on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. The […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Hogs jump on hopes of pork exports to China

Jan. 2, 2019 at 6:32 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. lean hog futures jumped to a nearly two-week high on Wednesday on speculation that exports of U.S. pork to China will rise in the coming months, traders and analysts said. Representatives from the U.S. and China were negotiating to end the trade war between the […]

By Michael Hirtzer

Klassen: Favourable margins support feeder market

Jan. 2, 2019 at 11:39 am CST

There were no sales last week with auction barns closed for the holiday season; therefore, we start the year looking forward at factors that will influence the feeder market over the next month. While the feeder market was quiet, feedlot operators were surprised with the U.S. fed cattle market jumping […]

By Jerry Klassen