Insights and Stories on Cattle

Cattle sector weighs in on new traceability regs

Sep. 8, 2023 at 2:04 pm CDT

It’s 2003, and a crisis is descending on the Canadian cattle herd. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) has just been found in a black Angus cow in Alberta. Chaos follows: borders slam shut and the government pledges millions in aid. The border to the United States will remain shuttered until 2005, […]

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle set contract high, live cattle hit July high

Sep. 7, 2023 at 6:10 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rally near four-week high

Sep. 6, 2023 at 6:44 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs near one-month high on export outlook

Sep. 5, 2023 at 5:52 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle ease on softer cash markets

Sep. 1, 2023 at 6:58 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle up ahead of long weekend

Aug. 31, 2023 at 6:23 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures ticked upward Thursday, while packers backed off of buying ahead of the Labour Day holiday week that will limit slaughter, analysts said. “There was some light trade today, slightly lower than last week,” said Doug Houghton, technical analyst at Brock […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs climb as traders eye seasonal supply shifts

Aug. 30, 2023 at 4:28 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures climbed on Wednesday, finding support as traders gauged pork demand and watched for signs of a seasonal influx of market-ready hogs. “We still have an index that’s higher than the October. It usually doesn’t close the gap until we get […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle dip as traders weigh cash, consumer demand

Aug. 29, 2023 at 5:48 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures eased on Tuesday after four days of gains, as traders look for direction from consumer demand amid tight cattle supplies, analysts said. “I think we’ve been sideways for cattle now for over a month and, I guess until we see […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle up on consumer demand, tight supplies

Aug. 28, 2023 at 5:08 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures gained on Monday, supported by consumer demand and continued tightening of available cattle, analysts said. “I think we probably did get a little help here from retail movement over the last week,” said Alan Brugler, president of Brugler Marketing, noting […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle gain as heat impacts producers

Aug. 25, 2023 at 7:30 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures gained on Friday as processors looked to incentivize market-ready cattle movement while producers struggled against high temperatures on the U.S. Plains, analysts said. “We saw packers willing to pay up to keep stuff moving. With the hot weather, you had […]

By Christopher Walljasper