Insights and Stories on Cattle

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle firm on strong packer demand

May. 9, 2022 at 5:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — CME live cattle futures firmed on Monday, supported by strong packer demand that supported cash prices, indicating a bullish outlook for summer month futures, analysts said. “Packer behaviour has been bullish for several weeks now. They are going after the cattle,” said Dennis Smith, commodity broker […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, hogs slip on demand concerns

May. 6, 2022 at 5:01 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs climb, demand uncertainty remains

May. 5, 2022 at 6:47 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle ease

May. 4, 2022 at 5:54 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs drop to January lows

May. 3, 2022 at 5:00 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Klassen: Feedlot demand up prior to seasonal rally

May. 3, 2022 at 12:58 am CDT

For the week ending April 30, western Canadian feeder cattle prices were quite variable. Yearlings traded $8 lower as much as $5 higher. Severe discounts were noted on fleshier cattle; some auction barns reported the bulk of cattle over 800 pounds were medium to heavier flesh. Deferred live cattle futures […]

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle futures firm on weaker corn

May. 2, 2022 at 6:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — CME live and feeder cattle futures firmed on Monday, supported by lower corn futures, an input cost to feeder cattle, analysts said. “The big driver there was just lower corn,” said Josh Steinhilber, broker at Cattlehedgers.com. “We got spillover into the live cattle.” CME August feeder […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs fall to lowest since early February

Apr. 29, 2022 at 7:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — CME hog futures dropped to their lowest in nearly three months on Friday, pressured by concerns about consumer demand as summer grilling season nears, traders said. Cattle futures also fell. Some end-of-month fund liquidation likely added to the weakness in livestock contracts, traders said. “There is […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures up off three days of losses

Apr. 28, 2022 at 3:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — CME Group hog futures rose on Thursday, snapping a three-session losing streak that pushed prices to their lowest since March 7 on some mild bargain buying, traders said. But the gains were kept in check by concerns that the growth of the Chinese herd could slow […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hog futures weak as feeding costs rise

Apr. 27, 2022 at 5:11 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — CME cattle futures fell on Wednesday as traders assessed higher feeding costs due to a sharp gains in corn. Hog futures were also weak, falling for the sixth time in seven sessions, with prospects for more COVID-19 lockdowns in China further chilling the already weak export […]

By Mark Weinraub