Insights and Stories on Cattle Futures

Klassen: Fed cattle market leads feeders higher

Jan. 8, 2018 at 9:18 pm CST

Alberta packers were buying fed cattle in the range of $280-$282 delivered on a dressed basis, which equates to $168-$171 on a live basis. Yearlings bought last summer are bringing back $150-$180 margin, which has reinforced buying enthusiasm. Western Canadian yearlings traded $3 to as much as $8 above week-ago […]

U.S. livestock: Cash prices propel CME hogs to one-year high

Jan. 8, 2018 at 8:27 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle drop daily limit on lower cash market sales

Jan. 5, 2018 at 7:48 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME cattle dip on mild Plains outlook, East Coast snow

Jan. 4, 2018 at 5:37 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Hogs turn up on cash, wholesale pork prices

Jan. 3, 2018 at 8:17 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle rally on higher cash, beef prices

Jan. 2, 2018 at 4:49 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rallied about 1.5 percent on Tuesday on fund buying and stronger cash cattle and beef prices, traders said. Frigid temperatures in U.S. Plains cattle producing areas also supported futures as such weather could slow down cattle weight gains, making them […]

By Karl Plume

Klassen: Feeder market remains firm into 2018

Jan. 1, 2018 at 5:09 pm CST

Western Canadian feeder cattle markets experienced limited activity over the past week because most auction barns were closed for the holiday season. There was some reported activity in certain regions such as central Alberta and prices were relatively unchanged from seven days earlier. Frigid temperatures tempered buying activity. Feedlots in […]

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle retreat from seven-week high

Dec. 29, 2017 at 4:40 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle Friday closed lower on technical selling and caution before cash prices by day’s end — but not before futures initially hit a seven-week high, said traders. Investors tweaked positions on the last session of 2017 for CME live cattle that gained […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Cash price optimism boosts CME live cattle

Dec. 28, 2017 at 5:44 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle on Thursday reached a seven-week high, propelled by expectations for steady-to-higher cash prices by week’s end, said traders. Thursday’s wholesale beef price upswing, short-covering and year-end positioning furthered market advances, they said. December live cattle, which will expire on Friday, closed […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs ease from 10-month top on lower cash prices

Dec. 27, 2017 at 4:17 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs on Wednesday slid from a 10-month high, weakened by profit-taking and less money paid by packers for slaughter-ready, or cash, hogs, said analysts. February closed 0.5 cent lower at 71.025 cents (all figures US$). April ended down 0.1 cent, at 75.275 […]

By Theopolis Waters