Insights and Stories on Cattle

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures limit down again on Tyson fire

Aug. 13, 2019 at 4:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures plunged to multiyear lows on Tuesday, with some contract months for both live cattle and fed cattle ending at their daily trading limits for the second day in a row. Traders said the market continued to weigh the impact of […]

U.S. livestock: Cattle limit down after Tyson beef plant burns

Aug. 12, 2019 at 4:07 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs end mixed as trade gauges trade war impact

Aug. 9, 2019 at 6:24 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs rally for second day

Aug. 8, 2019 at 6:37 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs bounce after sell-off, cattle also rise

Aug. 7, 2019 at 4:48 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Hog futures swing wildly as trade war intensifies

Aug. 5, 2019 at 4:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) livestock futures swung wildly on Monday, with the most-active October lean hog futures going nearly limit-up and -down in the same trading session, amid growing tensions in the U.S.-China trade war. China’s commerce ministry said that Chinese companies have stopped buying U.S. […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

Cattle feeding getting expensive in Manitoba

Aug. 2, 2019 at 9:24 am CDT

MarketsFarm – With a looming feed shortage, it has been getting more costly to feed cattle, said Mike Nernberg, marketing representative for Winnipeg Livestock Sales. Nernberg estimated it has been costing about C$4.00 per day to feed an individual animal, which adds up given the amount a feedlot is feeding […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Klassen: Feeder cattle markets remain firm

Jul. 30, 2019 at 8:51 am CDT

Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were unchanged from seven days earlier. Strong buying interest was noted from finishing feedlots in Alberta. Orders flowed across the prairies keeping prices relatively even. U.S. feeder cattle markets traded $3 to as much as $8 higher in the Northern Plains which also underpinned prices […]

By Jerry Klassen

Cattle volumes remain low as pasture conditions improve

Jul. 29, 2019 at 4:13 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – Manitoba cattle markets observed characteristically light volumes during week ended July 26, due in part to improving pasture conditions. “There hasn’t been any panic-selling in the western and southern parts of the province,” agreed Rick Wright of Heartland Order Buying Co. Wright mentioned the Northeast region of the […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Klassen: Yearling prices surge

Jul. 23, 2019 at 9:20 am CDT

Compared to last week, Western Canadian yearling prices were $3 to as much as $10 higher while calves traded $2 to $5 above week-ago levels. Most auction barns remain in holiday mode; however, order buyers were extremely busy fielding calls for available cattle. This caused the yearling market in Western […]

By Jerry Klassen