Insights and Stories on Cattle

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise on cash market strength

Oct. 3, 2019 at 5:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures firmed for the second day in a row on Thursday, with the most-active December live cattle contract holding support near a two-month peak on strong cash prices. “The cash market has been moving up steadily,” said Don Roose, analyst with U.S. Commodities in […]

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures hit highest since Aug. 9

Oct. 2, 2019 at 5:14 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hogs retreat from Monday’s two-month high

Oct. 1, 2019 at 6:20 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hogs up on technical buying, demand hopes

Sep. 30, 2019 at 6:27 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Chemical firm sees strong demand for methane-reducing feed additive

Sep. 30, 2019 at 1:46 pm CDT

By Bart H. Meijer

U.S. livestock: Cattle trade bullish on potential exports to Japan

Sep. 27, 2019 at 6:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live and feeder cattle futures on Friday surged to their highest prices seen in nearly a month, as the cash market began to firm and traders grew more bullish about export demands after the U.S. and Japan signed a limited trade deal this week. The […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

Last of trace-out quarantines lifted in bovine TB probe

Sep. 26, 2019 at 8:55 pm CDT

The last of 38 cattle herds to be checked for bovine tuberculosis in a federal trace-out investigation across three provinces has been released from movement controls. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Monday reported that a central Saskatchewan herd has now been released from controls which were imposed in December […]

By GFM Staff

U.S. livestock: Hog futures fall on big U.S. supply

Sep. 26, 2019 at 4:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures retreated on Thursday under pressure from large supplies and as some traders were disappointed with the size of pork export sales confirmed to China, analysts said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that the world’s biggest pork consumer and hog producer bought 3,375 […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hogs top one-week high on talk of Chinese buying

Sep. 25, 2019 at 8:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures climbed to their highest prices in more than a week on Wednesday on talk about Chinese buying, traders said. U.S. President Donald Trump said the Chinese were making big agricultural purchases from the United States, including of beef and pork, and that a […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Cattle hit multi-week highs on flat to higher cash trade expectations

Sep. 24, 2019 at 4:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures touched six-week highs and feeder cattle exceeded seven-week highs on Tuesday as traders projected cash prices will remain steady or rise, after strengthening last week. Feeder cattle are trading above where they were before a fire at a Tyson Foods slaughterhouse last […]

By Tom Polansek