Insights and Stories on Cattle

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 […]

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rally late in session on technical buying

Nov. 8, 2023 at 4:59 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures sink to May lows

Nov. 7, 2023 at 5:42 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME cattle slide on concerns over beef demand

Nov. 6, 2023 at 5:26 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME hog, cattle futures down on profit-taking

Nov. 3, 2023 at 7:41 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Growing grass crops to capture carbon

Nov. 3, 2023 at 9:48 am CDT

Carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere and organic matter (carbon) in our soils are topics of great current interest. Two big questions that take up much ink these days are: 1) how can we emit less CO2 with farming practices and 2) how can we sequester more carbon (C) in […]

By Les Henry

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs soar as U.S. Fed piques investors’ risk appetite

Nov. 2, 2023 at 7:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle and hog futures rose on Thursday following broad strength in Wall Street equities, crude oil and other commodities, as investors’ risk appetite increased a day after the U.S. Federal Reserve kept benchmark interest rates on hold. “The emphasis is really from […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME cattle firm on cash market optimism

Nov. 1, 2023 at 6:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures closed modestly higher on Wednesday, with the benchmark December contract extending its rebound from a four-month low set last week, buoyed by technical buying and expectations of rising cash cattle prices. Sellers in the Kansas and Texas cash markets […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME cattle rise on hopes for cash prices

Oct. 31, 2023 at 6:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange livestock futures crept higher on Tuesday as the cattle markets continued to rebound from multi-month lows reached last week. Expectations for higher cash prices this week and beyond helped to underpin futures, analysts said. Cash prices improved on Friday, compared to the middle […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle recover off recent slide, eye cash prices

Oct. 30, 2023 at 5:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures topped a one-week high on Monday as the market recovered from steep losses last week. Firm prices in the cash market on Friday supported the rebound in futures, brokers said. CME December live cattle futures ended up 1.025 cents at […]

By Tom Polansek