Insights and Stories on Cattle

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs near four-week low amid large supply

Nov. 21, 2023 at 7:49 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures fell to their lowest price in nearly four weeks on Tuesday as large supplies hung over the market. Technical selling added pressure on prices as December hogs dropped below 70 cents/lb. for the first time since Nov. 1, analysts said […]

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U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle top one-week high

Nov. 20, 2023 at 7:20 pm CST

By Reuters Tom Polansek

Report aims to show animal agriculture’s interconnections

Nov. 20, 2023 at 3:49 pm CST

By Alex McCuaig

U.S. livestock: CME cattle rise ahead of bullish data

Nov. 17, 2023 at 7:29 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME cattle sag on weakness in equities, cash cattle market

Nov. 16, 2023 at 3:50 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures extend gains, await U.S. data

Nov. 15, 2023 at 4:21 pm CST

U.S. cattle futures extended gains on Wednesday as traders adjusted positions after steep losses last week and ahead of monthly supply data due on Friday.

By Reuters Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Short-covering boosts CME cattle after recent decline

Nov. 14, 2023 at 5:36 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Short-covering lifted Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and feeder futures on Tuesday, analysts said, extending a recovery from springtime lows reached last week. The markets were due to rise after recent fund liquidation and technical selling left the market oversold, analysts said. “The main thing is […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME cattle up off last week’s sell-off

Nov. 13, 2023 at 4:52 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and feeder futures advanced on Monday in a rebound from recent declines to multi-month lows. Short-covering helped boost the markets, as losses driven by fund liquidation and technical selling last week were overdone, brokers said. The U.S. beef industry still faces […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle mixed, feeder cattle firm

Nov. 10, 2023 at 6:46 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures ended the week mixed on Friday, as traders and analysts said technical and algorithmic trading sent contract prices whipsawing during the session. Feeder cattle futures firmed as Chicago corn futures posted a third straight weekly decline, as grain markets […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: Cattle sell-off sends nearby contracts plunging

Nov. 9, 2023 at 7:37 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures fell sharply on Thursday, amid fund liquidation, growing concern over consumer demand and signs of prices falling in the cash market. Traders and funds scrambled to shed some of their long positions, after betting the bull market in cattle futures […]

By P.J. Huffstutter