Insights and Stories on Cattle Futures

U.S. livestock: Cash, pork prices send CME hogs higher

Oct. 3, 2017 at 4:28 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures gained for a second day in a row on Tuesday, strengthened by upward-trending prices for market-ready, or cash, hogs and the morning’s firmer wholesale pork values, said traders. They said October futures led advances after investors actively bought that contract […]

Klassen: Feeder market holds values through volatility

Oct. 2, 2017 at 8:57 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Bargain hunters, fund buying boost CME hogs

Oct. 2, 2017 at 4:57 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs end quarter mostly higher on short-covering

Sep. 29, 2017 at 4:18 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs settle mostly lower before USDA report

Sep. 28, 2017 at 5:12 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Short-covering pulls up CME live cattle

Sep. 27, 2017 at 5:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Wednesday reversed some of their recent losses, with strength from technical buying and investors who covered previously held short positions, said traders. “Anyone who was short the market took a little money in profits,” said Oak Investment Group president […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Cattle limit down after bearish USDA report

Sep. 25, 2017 at 4:57 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures tumbled about two per cent on Monday after government data on Friday showed bigger-than-expected placements of cattle on feed in August. Most-active CME December live cattle dropped by the daily price limit of three cents to finish at 114.425 cents per […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cattle hit one-month high ahead of USDA data

Sep. 22, 2017 at 7:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures jumped to the highest levels in over a month on Friday, lifted by technical buying and expectations for bullish government supply data that was due after the close of trading. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Cattle on Feed report, however, was […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. cattle placements spike in August

Sep. 22, 2017 at 5:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Ranchers placed 1.93 million cattle in U.S. feedlots in August, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Friday, in a stronger-than-expected report likely to weigh on futures early next week. Cattle placements rose about three per cent from August in 2016, USDA said. Analysts polled by […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME October hogs fall to contract low

Sep. 21, 2017 at 5:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange October lean hog futures fell sharply to a contract low on Thursday, weighed down by a months-long decline in cash prices and abundant supplies, traders said. Deferred hog futures contracts as well as most live cattle and feeder cattle contracts also eased on […]

By Michael Hirtzer