Insights and Stories on Cattle

U.S. livestock: Live cattle set one-week highs in rebound

Jun. 9, 2020 at 6:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures rose on Tuesday, reaching one-week highs in a rebound from losses last week, as traders noted that meat companies have been slaughtering more livestock. The number of livestock being killed each day has recovered from April and May, when processors temporarily shut […]

U.S. livestock: Live cattle stabilize, beef prices fall further

Jun. 8, 2020 at 7:26 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Live cattle down as slaughter recovers, beef prices sag

Jun. 5, 2020 at 8:19 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Live cattle firm on economic optimism

Jun. 4, 2020 at 6:50 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Nearby lean hog futures slide as slaughter rebounds

Jun. 3, 2020 at 6:03 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Live cattle sag as wholesale beef prices retreat

Jun. 2, 2020 at 6:46 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures fell on Tuesday, with the August contract hitting its lowest in nearly a month as the U.S. slaughter pace picked up, sending more beef into retail channels, traders said. Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) June live cattle settled down three cents at 95.3 […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs lower on China trade worries

Jun. 1, 2020 at 7:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures fell Monday on worries that deteriorating relations between the United States and China, the world’s biggest pork importer, could inhibit U.S. pork sales to the Asian nation, traders said. China told state-owned firms to halt purchases of soybeans and […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end lower ahead of weekend

May. 29, 2020 at 7:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures retreated on Friday in a profit-taking and technical selling setback ahead of the weekend amid weakening beef prices and concerns about lower-than-normal summer demand as much of the economy remains partially closed. Lean hog futures clawed back earlier losses to end mostly […]

By Karl Plume

Klassen: Feeder cattle markets reflect mixed tone

May. 27, 2020 at 7:58 pm CDT

Compared to the previous week, western Canadian yearling prices were $2-$4 higher on average while calves traded unchanged to as much as $8 lower. Larger feedlot operations were actively bidding for 800-plus-lb. feeders across the Prairies due to the limited supply. Lower volumes were available this past week which was […]

By Jerry Klassen

Legalization lifts Canada’s net farm income in 2019

May. 26, 2020 at 8:46 pm CDT

A significant year-over-year increase Canada booked last year in realized net farm income rests mainly on 2019’s status as the country’s first full year in the recreational cannabis market. Statistics Canada on Tuesday released full-year data on farm income, pegging Canada’s realized net farm income for 2019 at $4.9 billion […]

By Dave Bedard