Insights and Stories on Cattle Futures

U.S. livestock: Live cattle surge on cash optimism, technical buying

Sep. 20, 2017 at 5:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures notched their biggest gains in 11 months on Wednesday, boosted by optimism for higher cash cattle prices and technical buying, traders and analysts said. Higher cattle sales at a weekly online auction helped to trigger the rally. Feeder cattle and […]

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle hit two-month high

Sep. 19, 2017 at 5:55 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

Klassen: Feeder market experiences renewed optimism

Sep. 19, 2017 at 1:39 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Hog futures ease on big supplies, spreading

Sep. 18, 2017 at 6:34 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Hog futures surge on technical bounce

Sep. 15, 2017 at 6:17 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Hog futures fall to 11-month low

Sep. 12, 2017 at 4:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures tumbled to an 11-month low in a bear-spreading selloff linked to big U.S. hog supplies and declines in cash markets, traders said. Live cattle futures also eased on spreading and worries beef packers might be hesitant to pay higher prices […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs narrowly mixed on pre-USDA consolidation

Sep. 11, 2017 at 7:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and lean hog futures were flat to narrowly mixed on Monday as investors consolidated positions ahead of a government livestock and crop report due on Tuesday, traders and analysts said. Some live cattle contracts eked out small gains following modestly higher […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Funds, short-covering extend CME live cattle gains

Sep. 8, 2017 at 4:52 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Friday closed higher for a third day in a row, led by fund buying and investors who covered previously short positions, said traders. December led advances after funds in CME’s livestock markets that track the Standard + Poor’s Goldman […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Spreads help drive up CME live cattle futures

Sep. 7, 2017 at 4:30 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed higher on Thursday after investors bought October futures and simultaneously sold deferred months in a trading strategy known as bull spreads, traders said. Some market participants, also through spreads, purchased live cattle futures and at the same time sold CME […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle gain on firmer beef prices

Sep. 6, 2017 at 4:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures settled moderately higher on Wednesday, with help from short-covering and improved wholesale beef values, said traders. December received added support from fund buying after the contract topped the 10-day moving average of 109.648 cents (all figures US$). October live cattle […]

By Theopolis Waters