Insights and Stories on Cattle Futures

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs, live cattle approach seven-month highs

Oct. 8, 2018 at 8:16 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog and live cattle futures climbed to their highest prices in about seven months on Monday. Pushing cattle futures higher was optimism that cash prices will improve this week, traders said. Fed cattle in Texas and Kansas stayed mostly steady last week […]

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs extend recovery, near six-month high

Oct. 5, 2018 at 7:19 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hog, cattle contracts end mixed

Oct. 4, 2018 at 2:58 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs touch highest since April

Oct. 3, 2018 at 6:31 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures extend rally

Oct. 2, 2018 at 3:21 pm CDT

By Reuters

Klassen: Improving margins underpin feeder market

Oct. 2, 2018 at 1:28 pm CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearlings advanced $2-$5 while calves were unchanged to $3 higher. April live cattle futures are in a bull market; I’ve had many calls from producers and all I tell them is that April live cattle futures are in a bull market. Just as important, […]

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures jump on trilateral trade pact

Oct. 1, 2018 at 6:33 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose to their highest prices since April on Monday after the U.S., Canada and Mexico said they struck a deal on a trilateral trade pact. News of the agreement, reached over the weekend, eased concerns that the United States would […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs, cattle rise on month-end buying

Sep. 28, 2018 at 6:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rose on Friday, with the most-active December contract jumping more than four per cent on short-covering at the end of the month and quarter, traders said. CME October hogs settled up 0.875 cent at 62.175 cents/lb. and December rose 2.45 […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end higher, gaining against hogs

Sep. 26, 2018 at 7:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose more than one per cent on Wednesday on optimism about firmer cash cattle trade this week and inter-market spreading against hog futures, traders said. The market shrugged off bearish cattle and beef data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME cattle up on technical buying

Sep. 25, 2018 at 6:38 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Tuesday, with the most-active December contract rallying from a one-week low on technical buying and anticipation of strong consumer demand, traders said. The market shook off pressure from bearish data in Monday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture cold […]

By Julie Ingwersen