Insights and Stories on Cattle

U.S. livestock: Live cattle firm on strong cash trade

Jan. 30, 2023 at 6:19 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures firmed on Monday, supported by strengthening cash trade and in anticipation of the U.S. Agriculture Department’s biannual cattle inventory report, due out on Tuesday. “Historically, the cattle inventory report wouldn’t be that big of a market mover. But it is a good […]

U.S. livestock: Hog futures drop on plentiful supplies

Jan. 27, 2023 at 7:40 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hog futures up off lowest since December 2021

Jan. 26, 2023 at 5:57 pm CST

By Reuters

Saskatchewan holds Crown grazing rents at last year’s levels

Jan. 26, 2023 at 6:00 am CST

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit lowest since late 2021

Jan. 25, 2023 at 5:10 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures firm even as feed prices weigh

Jan. 24, 2023 at 4:03 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange livestock futures were mixed on Tuesday as soybean and grain prices firmed, traders said. Live cattle and feeder futures were able to continue Monday’s price bump. But the higher feed prices weighed on the beef market, as did questions over consumer and export […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: CME cattle firm on bargain buying, grain values

Jan. 23, 2023 at 3:44 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures firmed on Monday amid a spate of bargain buying after a recent slump in prices helped mute market impact of the bearish results of the latest Cattle on Feed report from the U.S. Agriculture Department, traders said. Cattle futures also were […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: CME cattle end higher, rebounding ahead of USDA data

Jan. 20, 2023 at 7:51 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures firmed on Friday on bargain buying a day after setting one-month lows, and as traders squared positions ahead of monthly feedlot data released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture after the close of trading. CME February live cattle settled up […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures hit one-month low

Jan. 19, 2023 at 9:43 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell on Thursday with the most-active April contract hitting a one-month low on technical selling, soft cash cattle markets and weak wholesale beef prices, traders said. CME February live cattle settled down 0.85 cent at 155.95 cents/lb., near its 50-day […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures sag as pork prices hover near two-year lows

Jan. 18, 2023 at 8:02 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures fell on Wednesday as cash hog prices remained soft and wholesale pork prices lingered near two-year lows, traders said. “We continue to search for a bottom on the hogs, and the cash market stays under pressure,” said Don Roose, president […]

By Julie Ingwersen