Insights and Stories on Cattle Futures

U.S. livestock: Strong cash prices reverse CME hogs’ losses

Jun. 6, 2018 at 4:19 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs on Wednesday closed up sharply, spurred by short-covering and escalating prices for slaughter-ready, or cash, hogs that reversed Tuesday’s market losses, said traders. On Tuesday, some CME hog contracts day fell more than two per cent after Mexico imposed tariffs on […]

U.S. livestock: CME hogs slump following Mexico tariff news

Jun. 5, 2018 at 7:27 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME futures fall on grain market weakness

Jun. 4, 2018 at 5:21 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Bargain buying, short-covering lift CME hogs

Jun. 1, 2018 at 7:42 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking, trade war fears upend CME hogs

May. 31, 2018 at 8:43 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle limit up on short-covering

May. 30, 2018 at 4:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle on Wednesday settled up its three-cent-per-pound daily price limit, driven by short-covering and fund buying, traders said. They said CME live cattle garnered more support from higher wholesale beef values and future’s discount to early-week prices for market-ready, or cash, cattle. […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs touch five-week high on technical buying, pork gains

May. 29, 2018 at 5:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures climbed to a five-week high on Tuesday, bolstered by technical buying and gains in prices for cash hogs and pork, traders said. Live cattle futures were lower, easing on chart-based selling. Feeder cattle were higher, supported in part by lower […]

By Michael Hirtzer

Klassen: Feeder market undergoes minor recovery

May. 28, 2018 at 9:46 pm CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearlings sold $3 to as much as $6 higher while calf markets were relatively unchanged. Feeder cattle futures experienced a $5-$7 rally, which quickly renewed optimism in the cash trade. Ideas that yearling supplies will drop below year-ago levels on both sides of the […]

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle extend gains on drop in placements

May. 25, 2018 at 8:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures rose on Friday, shrugging off earlier declines on technical buying and support from government data showing fewer cattle placed in feedlots during April, traders and analysts said. Relatively thinly traded feeder cattle futures jumped more than one per cent after the U.S. Department […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cattle ease on positioning ahead of supply report

May. 24, 2018 at 7:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell nearly one per cent on Thursday, pressured by fears of lower trades in cash cattle markets and positioning ahead of a government supply report due on Friday, traders said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture was set to release its […]

By Michael Hirtzer