Insights and Stories on Cattle

Uncertainty drags on Canadian cattle markets

Mar. 17, 2020 at 6:51 pm CDT

Cattle markets have tumbled as a result of COVID-19, according to the senior analyst at Canfax. “Feeder markets are off pretty hard, some of them are off 15 to 20 cents a pound, this week,” Brian Perillat said Tuesday. “They have been depressed over the last month. Feedlots too. Fed […]

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs rally after grocery stores depleted

Mar. 17, 2020 at 4:24 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures hit 10-year lows

Mar. 16, 2020 at 3:55 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

China proposes new standards on hormone residues in beef

Mar. 12, 2020 at 2:35 pm CDT

By Reuters

A+W starts move to all-grass-fed, all-Canadian beef

Mar. 9, 2020 at 8:13 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Feed weekly outlook: Soft demand weighs on prices

Mar. 5, 2020 at 7:31 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Feed grain prices on the Prairies remain soft ahead of spring planting, due to quiet demand from feedlots. “Feedlots are full of grain right now,” Brandon Motz of CorNine Commodities at Lacombe, Alta. said, explaining that there’s currently a lot of grain in feeding pipelines. “Spring replacement into […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle ease with equities

Mar. 3, 2020 at 4:14 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures weakened with equities on Tuesday, while hog futures advanced. Moves in the cattle market have nearly mirrored those in equities since last week, traders said, with the global spread of the new coronavirus fueling sharp moves. All three major U.S. […]

By Tom Polansek

Canadian cattle in a feedlot with a cowboy in the background.

Cattle inventories continue to decline, StatsCan says

Feb. 25, 2020 at 11:56 am CST

MarketsFarm — Canada’s cattle herd in 2019 continued on its generally consistent path of declining numbers, according to new data Statistics Canada released Tuesday. Aside from a few slight increases in 2012, 2013 and 2018, Canadian cattle inventories have moved lower since 2005. At 11.2 million head, the reported number […]

By MarketsFarm Team

U.S. livestock: Hogs rally with hopes for exports to China

Feb. 18, 2020 at 7:56 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures rose 2.1 per cent on Tuesday on hopes for increased demand from China as the world’s top pork consumer announced plans to begin issuing tariff-free import licenses. China will grant exemptions on retaliatory duties imposed against 696 U.S. goods, the most substantial tariff […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hog futures advance for second day

Feb. 7, 2020 at 7:46 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures closed higher on Friday for a second session on follow-through buying after Thursday’s limit-up close and reminders of stepped-up Chinese demand for U.S. pork, traders said. Benchmark April lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) settled up 1.375 cents, at […]

By Julie Ingwersen