Insights and Stories on Cattle Futures

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle give back some Tuesday gains

Dec. 13, 2017 at 6:38 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Wednesday after softer wholesale beef demand and this week’s expectations for steady-to-lower cash prices erased some of Tuesday’s rally, said traders. Technical selling further weighed on CME’s live cattle market, they said. December live cattle finished down […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle halt eight-session skid

Dec. 12, 2017 at 4:29 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs at three-month low on cash, pork prices

Dec. 11, 2017 at 4:52 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle extend slide on long liquidation

Dec. 8, 2017 at 6:24 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Live cattle sag for sixth straight session

Dec. 7, 2017 at 6:03 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Lower cash, pork prices pull down CME hogs

Dec. 6, 2017 at 6:20 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs finished lower on Wednesday, pressured by weaker cash and wholesale pork prices, said traders. Fund liquidation further weighed on the market, they said. December hogs, which will expire on Dec. 14, ended down 0.45 cent/lb. at 63.825 cents (all figures US$). […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle down on fund selloff

Dec. 5, 2017 at 4:03 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures on Tuesday were led lower by fund liquidation after contracts slipped beneath chart support levels, said traders. CME live cattle market selling, and as much as $5/cwt lower cash feeder cattle prices, pressured the market, they said (all figures US$). […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Cash price jitters drop CME live cattle

Dec. 4, 2017 at 3:39 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures slid lower Monday, led by the prospect that packers might pay less for supplies later this week, said traders. December live cattle finished down 0.85 cent/lb. at 116.375 cents, and February ended 0.8 cent lower at 121.175 cents (all figures […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle limit down on long liquidation

Dec. 1, 2017 at 6:18 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures fell to a one-month low on Friday on fund-driven long liquidation and worries about declines on Wall Street, while hog futures firmed in largely technical trade, traders and analysts said. Live cattle fell despite higher wholesale beef values. Choice-grade wholesale beef prices rose […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Hogs retreat after trading at three-week high

Nov. 29, 2017 at 6:59 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures fell on Wednesday, retreating from a three-week high on technical selling and a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) report showing a jump in average hog weights in Iowa and southern Minnesota, analysts said. Live cattle and feeder cattle futures rose on short-covering […]

By Julie Ingwersen