Insights and Stories on Cattle Futures

U.S. livestock: Cattle surge to contract highs on higher cash prices

Oct. 30, 2017 at 5:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. live cattle and feeder cattle futures contracts surged to lifetime peaks on Monday, boosted by unexpectedly high-priced sales in cash cattle markets that occurred after the futures close on Friday, traders said. Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange surpassed Friday’s highs when trade resumed […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rise on firmer cash price expectations

Oct. 27, 2017 at 5:12 pm CDT

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle hit three-month high

Oct. 26, 2017 at 5:05 pm CDT

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U.S. livestock: CME hogs rise on firmer cash, pork prices

Oct. 25, 2017 at 4:18 pm CDT

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

Oct. 24, 2017 at 6:26 pm CDT

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U.S. livestock: Profit-taking, cash prices drop CME hogs

Oct. 23, 2017 at 3:38 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs closed lower on Monday, pressured by profit-taking following the morning’s cash price drop, traders said. December hogs finished 1.325 cents/lb. lower at 63.525 cents, and February ended 0.875 cent lower at 68.225 cents (all figures US$). Some investors sold futures after […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. September cattle placements surge

Oct. 20, 2017 at 7:48 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Ranchers in September drove 13.5 per cent more cattle into U.S. feedlots than the same month a year earlier, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported on Friday. The result topped analysts’ average forecasts and hit its highest level for the month in six years. “The good […]

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rise before USDA report

Oct. 20, 2017 at 3:52 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed higher on Friday, helped by short-covering and positioning before the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle on Feed report on Friday at 2 p.m. CT, said traders. They said that with December futures slated to be the new lead month […]

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U.S. livestock: CME hogs hit two-month high

Oct. 19, 2017 at 6:00 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rose on Thursday, hitting their highest level in two months led by steadily climbing prices for market-ready, or cash, hogs as packers competed for supplies, said traders. December hogs finished 0.5 cent/lb. higher at 64.250 cents, and February ended 0.475 […]

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U.S. livestock: Strong cash prices lift CME hogs

Oct. 18, 2017 at 6:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs on Wednesday shrugged off some of Tuesday’s declines, helped by short-covering and rising prices for slaughter-ready, or cash, hogs, said traders. December futures led advances after investors bought that contract and simultaneously sold deferred months in a trading strategy known as […]

By Theopolis Waters