Insights and Stories on Cattle

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures recover

Apr. 15, 2020 at 6:16 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle and hog futures advanced on Wednesday as the markets recovered slightly from recent losses that traders said had dropped prices too far below the cash markets. Futures prices have tumbled recently as major meat companies have shut slaughterhouses due to the spread of the […]

Beef Farmers of Ontario ask for curb on cull sales

Apr. 13, 2020 at 10:19 pm CDT

By GFM Staff

U.S. livestock: June hogs, cattle plunge limit down

Apr. 13, 2020 at 8:18 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

Cargill halts second shift at High River beef plant

Apr. 13, 2020 at 8:07 pm CDT

By GFM Staff

U.S. livestock: Bargain-buying investors rally cattle futures, again

Apr. 8, 2020 at 4:10 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

On-farm tests wrap up in bovine TB probe

Apr. 7, 2020 at 8:17 pm CDT

The “trace-in” phase of Canada’s latest bovine tuberculosis (TB) investigation has ended with just four cattle from one British Columbia herd testing positive for the disease. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency last week announced all on-farm testing has been completed in its probe, which dates back to November 2018 when […]

By GFM Staff

U.S. livestock: Futures surge as investors snap up discounts

Apr. 7, 2020 at 4:47 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. livestock futures surged on Tuesday — with live cattle futures up to their 4.5-cent expanded limit — as steep discounts in futures prices over the current cash markets wooed investors to buy back in, traders said. Feeder cattle also jumped to their normal trading day […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

Ontario extends RMP deadlines for crops, livestock

Apr. 7, 2020 at 3:41 am CDT

Ontario grain, oilseed and livestock producers will get extra time to apply for, make changes to or cancel coverage under the provincial Risk Management Program (RMP). Agricorp, the province’s ag program delivery agency, announced Wednesday the new deadline for applications or coverage changes for 2020 will be June 30. The […]

By GFM Staff

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures drop as pandemic roils markets

Apr. 6, 2020 at 5:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures plunged to their daily trading limit on Monday — with prices for the front-month contract hitting the lowest seen since December 2009 — as beef inventories remain robust with much of the U.S. restaurant industry shuttered due to the pandemic. April live […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit 17-1/2-year low

Apr. 3, 2020 at 7:01 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures fell on Friday to the lowest point since late 2002 on tumbling pork prices and slowing slaughter rates as measures to control the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic shuttered schools and restaurants and sent U.S. unemployment rates soaring. Cattle futures also dropped as wholesale beef […]

By Karl Plume