Insights and Stories on Cattle

U.S. livestock: Cattle slide as traders eye weak cash prices

Aug. 30, 2019 at 8:11 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures fell on Friday on weakness in the cash market, while hog futures ended mixed. Cattle futures and cash prices have tumbled since a fire at a Tyson Foods slaughterhouse at Holcomb, Kansas, this month removed a key buyer from the market. Some farmers […]

Brazil’s JBS says it uses satellites to monitor cattle suppliers

Aug. 29, 2019 at 7:23 pm CDT

By Ana Mano

U.S. livestock: Hogs top one-week highs on China trade hopes

Aug. 29, 2019 at 7:02 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME cattle down as USDA launches beef market probe

Aug. 28, 2019 at 6:57 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME hogs limit up as trade tensions cool

Aug. 26, 2019 at 8:25 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Cattle extend climb on robust packer margins

Aug. 22, 2019 at 7:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures advanced for a fourth straight session on Thursday, led by the nearby August contract as robust profit margins for beef packers fueled expectations of strong demand for cash cattle, traders said. “Packers are just raking it in, so the incentive […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle climb on wholesale beef demand

Aug. 20, 2019 at 7:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Tuesday for a second session, supported by strong wholesale beef demand ahead of the Labour Day holiday weekend, analysts said. Retailers are stocking their meat cases this week ahead of the Labour Day holiday on Sept. 2, […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures up on larger-than-expected weekly slaughter

Aug. 19, 2019 at 6:52 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Monday after U.S. government data showed last week’s slaughter was bigger than the previous week’s, despite a fire that shuttered a Kansas beef plant. The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated the weekly U.S. cattle slaughter through Saturday […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME hogs limit down on demand concerns

Aug. 16, 2019 at 4:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — CME lean hog futures fell sharply on Friday, with the most-active October contract notching a limit-down move as traders worried that seasonal growth in supplies will outstrip demand. Weakness in the cash market also spilled over into the futures, traders said. The demand concerns stemmed from […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hog futures sink to five-month low

Aug. 15, 2019 at 7:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) hog futures fell to a five-month low on Thursday, pressured by big supplies that overwhelmed any optimism about news that China made its biggest purchases of U.S. pork in seven weeks, traders said. The world’s largest pork consumer bought 10,211 tonnes of […]

By Mark Weinraub