Insights and Stories on Cattle Futures

U.S. livestock: Hog futures tumble in reversal on technical selloff

Oct. 17, 2017 at 5:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures fell about two per cent in a technical selloff on Tuesday, easing from an earlier two-month high in a reversal that could portend further declines, traders and analysts said. Live cattle and feeder cattle futures each dropped to the lowest […]

Klassen: Feeder cattle market surges

Oct. 17, 2017 at 2:30 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Hogs at two-month high on packer demand

Oct. 16, 2017 at 6:36 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle mostly weaker on consolidation

Oct. 13, 2017 at 5:18 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slump, cash prices disappoint

Oct. 12, 2017 at 6:40 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

CME plans no more changes to cattle contract for now

Oct. 11, 2017 at 9:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — CME Group plans no further moves to reduce volatility in its cattle futures market, after making a series of changes to rein in wild price swings that drove away hedgers, a managing director said on Wednesday. Over the past two years, the exchange operator, which owns […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hogs rise on stronger cash markets

Oct. 11, 2017 at 6:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs climbed for the second straight session on Wednesday, buoyed by short-covering and rising cash hog prices, traders and analysts said. Live cattle and feeder cattle futures each were little-changed in relatively light-volume trading in livestock futures ahead of a U.S. Department […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs jump on spreading, packer demand

Oct. 10, 2017 at 5:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle and lean hog futures rose more than one per cent on Tuesday, lifted by spreading and investment fund buying backed up by robust demand from meat packers, traders and analysts said. Beef and pork packers were capturing big profit margins given higher meat […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Hog futures plunge on spreading, cash markets

Oct. 6, 2017 at 5:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures tumbled by about three per cent on Friday, weighed down by spreading and abundant supplies that pressured cash markets, traders said. Front-month October and most-active December hogs bore the brunt on the selling, while deferred hog contracts were only narrowly […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Most CME live cattle futures gain on spreads

Oct. 4, 2017 at 6:34 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle gained modestly on Wednesday during a trading strategy known as bear spreading in which investors sold October futures and simultaneously bought deferred months. Some market participants used the spreads to avoid possible deliveries on Monday evening against the October contract. Profit-taking […]

By Theopolis Waters