Insights and Stories on Cattle Futures

U.S. livestock: Hogs at three-week high on fund buying, spreading

Nov. 28, 2017 at 6:11 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures climbed to a three-week high on Tuesday, extending gains from recent days on speculation prices would rise higher next month and on calendar spreading, traders and analysts said. Live cattle were narrowly lower and feeder cattle futures slightly higher at the Chicago […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle climb as cash prices seen rising

Nov. 27, 2017 at 4:11 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking undercuts CME live cattle

Nov. 24, 2017 at 3:55 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Fund buying rallies CME lean hog futures

Nov. 22, 2017 at 4:48 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rebound on cash, beef prices

Nov. 21, 2017 at 5:32 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

Klassen: Feeder market rally stalls

Nov. 20, 2017 at 7:54 pm CST

Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were relatively unchanged from week-ago levels. Eastern Prairie markets were softer but continue to maintain a $5 to as much as $8 premium over major feeding regions of Alberta. We’ve seen a sharp year-over-year increase in imports from the U.S., which is causing a variable […]

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Fund selloff sinks CME live cattle to 4-month low

Nov. 20, 2017 at 3:46 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell to their lowest level in four months on Monday, hit by fund selling and Friday’s bearish U.S. government cattle report, traders said. Last Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture monthly Cattle-On-Feed report showed ranchers in October placed the highest number […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S livestock: CME live cattle futures ease before USDA report

Nov. 17, 2017 at 4:48 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished the week with losses as investors tweaked positions ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture monthly Cattle-On-Feed report at 2 p.m. CST (2000 GMT), said traders. Analysts, on average, expect the report to show 7.7 percent more cattle were […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slip on softer cash, beef prices

Nov. 16, 2017 at 6:48 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Thursday reversed some of Wednesday’s gains, led by weaker cash and wholesale beef values, traders said. Some market participants tweaked positions before Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) monthly Cattle on Feed report. “We saw a small rally yesterday, […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Short-covering pares recent CME live cattle losses

Nov. 15, 2017 at 5:34 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Wednesday settled higher after short-covering helped recoup some of the market’s recent cash price related losses, traders said. A few investors adjusted positions before the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle on Feed report on Friday. December live cattle […]

By Theopolis Waters