Insights and Stories on Cattle Futures

U.S. livestock: Bearish fundamentals halt CME live cattle rally

Aug. 31, 2016 at 7:28 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures ended lower on Wednesday following softer wholesale beef values and this week’s disappointing cash prices, traders said. The thinly traded August live cattle contract, which expired at noon CT, closed up 0.45 cent/lb. at 111.95 cents (all figures US$). Most […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rise for first session in 12

Aug. 30, 2016 at 7:43 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Klassen: Feeder market stable but demand remains soft

Aug. 30, 2016 at 3:49 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle spiral downward as supply worries persist

Aug. 29, 2016 at 6:03 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Burdensome supplies again buckle CME live cattle

Aug. 26, 2016 at 3:27 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle stretch losses to ninth straight day

Aug. 25, 2016 at 5:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts on Thursday tallied losses for a ninth day in a row, pressured by bearish market fundamentals that offset futures’ discount to cash prices, traders said. August live cattle ended down 0.25 cent/lb., to 112.475 cents (all figures US$). Most actively […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slump eighth day in a row

Aug. 24, 2016 at 4:31 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Wednesday settled in negative territory for an eighth straight day, and hit a one-month low, following disappointing preliminary cash prices, traders said. August live cattle ended down 0.525 cent/lb. at 112.725 cents (all figures US$). Most actively traded October […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: More CME live cattle selling on weaker cash outlook

Aug. 23, 2016 at 2:37 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures’ losing streak stretched to a seventh consecutive session on Tuesday in anticipation of softer cash prices by Friday, traders said. August live cattle ended down 0.175 cent/lb. to 113.25 cents (all figures US$). Most actively traded October closed 0.625 cent […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slump sixth straight day

Aug. 22, 2016 at 4:05 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell for a sixth day in a row on Monday, pressured by supply worries implied by last Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture monthly Cattle on Feed report, traders said. The report showed two per cent more cattle placed in U.S. […]

By Theopolis Waters

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

Aug. 19, 2016 at 5:48 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Friday posted losses for a fourth consecutive session, partly on caution before Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle on Feed report at 2 p.m. CT, traders said. Analysts polled by Reuters, on average, believe that July 2016 cattle […]

By Theopolis Waters