Insights and Stories on Cattle

Trump asks U.S. Justice Department to look into meat price disparities

May. 7, 2020 at 1:51 am CDT

Washington | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had urged the Justice Department to look into allegations that the meatpacking industry broke antitrust law because the price that slaughterhouses pay farmers for animals had dropped even as meat prices rose. “I’ve asked the Justice Department to […]

COVID-19 aid ‘falls short,’ farm groups warn

May. 6, 2020 at 7:43 pm CDT

By D.C. Fraser

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs slide after three days of gains

May. 5, 2020 at 6:34 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

Cargill’s High River plant reopens with two slaughter shifts

May. 4, 2020 at 8:48 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures inch up as plants reopen

May. 4, 2020 at 5:16 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures climb with wholesale meat prices

May. 1, 2020 at 7:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures closed higher on Friday after touching a three-week top, buoyed by firm cash cattle values and surging wholesale beef prices as labor shortages slow the U.S. slaughter pace, traders said. New-month buying by speculators may have also lent support, they said. Chicago […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Hogs climb on strong pork exports, wholesale prices

Apr. 30, 2020 at 7:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures rose on Thursday as bullish weekly U.S. pork export data and rising wholesale prices overshadowed worries about a slowdown in the U.S. hog slaughter pace backing up hog supplies, traders said. “You’ve got a combination of export sales being strong (and) the […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Cargill to restart High River beef plant Monday

Apr. 29, 2020 at 7:56 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Cargill said Wednesday it will start to reopen its beef processing plant at High River, Alta. on Monday after the plant was forced to close down because hundreds of workers had become infected with the coronavirus. In a statement, Cargill said it would resume operations after […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs mostly lower as packing-plant woes persist

Apr. 29, 2020 at 7:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures closed mostly lower on Wednesday, setting back from a one-month high set a day earlier in the benchmark June contract as traders mulled the implications of a presidential order for U.S. meat packing plants to remain open, traders said. President Donald Trump […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Hogs pare gains as Trump plans order to keep meat plants open

Apr. 28, 2020 at 5:52 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures hit a four-week peak on Tuesday on worries about tightening pork supplies as the coronavirus shutters meat processing plants, but the market pared gains on news that U.S. President Donald Trump plans to order such sites to stay open. June lean hog […]

By Julie Ingwersen