Insights and Stories on Cattle Futures

U.S. livestock: Hogs drop as large pork plants in Florence’s path

Sep. 11, 2018 at 5:34 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures fell sharply on Tuesday as a powerful hurricane roared toward the U.S. East Coast, threatening hog production in the Carolinas, home to some of the country’s largest packing plants. Pork producer Smithfield Foods said it will be shuttering two of its hog […]

Klassen: Feeder market waiting for direction

Sep. 10, 2018 at 9:53 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs slip from three-week highs

Sep. 10, 2018 at 6:55 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: October hogs limit up on cash prices, swine fever fear

Sep. 6, 2018 at 5:45 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Hogs mostly up on worry over swine fever in China

Sep. 5, 2018 at 6:12 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Cattle rise on fund buying, strong beef demand

Sep. 4, 2018 at 5:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures climbed more than one per cent on Tuesday, fueled by fund buying on the first trading day of the month and strong demand for beef, traders and analysts said. Chicago Mercantile Exchange October live cattle finished 1.1 cents higher at 109.875 cents/lb. while […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Cattle ease on profit-taking, lack of cash sales

Aug. 31, 2018 at 5:01 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures eased on Friday as traders locked in profits following two straight sessions of higher prices and as beef packers bought few animals in cash cattle markets, traders and analysts said. Expectations that meat packers might pay prices roughly steady with cattle sales of […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cattle mostly higher on technical buying

Aug. 29, 2018 at 5:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were narrowly higher on Wednesday, lifted by light technical buying as traders awaited deals in U.S. Plains cash cattle markets, analysts said. Feeder cattle futures were slightly lower and lean hogs were mixed, with fresh news relatively scant. Most-active CME […]

By Michael Hirtzer

Klassen: Feeder cattle market softens

Aug. 28, 2018 at 6:24 pm CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices were $2-$5 lower on average while calf markets were relatively unchanged. Weakness in deferred live cattle futures, along with stronger barley prices, set a negative tone. Most of the Prairies have received less than 40 per cent of normal precipitation over the […]

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Hogs ease on weak cash markets, spreading

Aug. 28, 2018 at 5:08 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures fell on Tuesday, pressured by weaker prices in cash hog markets and spreading as the market gave back a portion of the steep gains notched on Monday, traders and analysts said. Hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Monday jumped by […]

By Michael Hirtzer