Insights and Stories on Cattle

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle firm, live cattle ease as grain markets roiled

Mar. 2, 2022 at 5:05 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures rose on Wednesday, and live cattle futures prices slipped for another session, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continued to send agricultural commodity markets into a tailspin, traders said. But a whipsaw in prices for grains used for livestock feed weighed […]

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle hit four-month low

Mar. 1, 2022 at 6:47 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle fall, feeder cattle lowest since November

Feb. 28, 2022 at 6:52 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME cattle down on lower cash prices

Feb. 25, 2022 at 6:58 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs sink on profit-taking

Feb. 24, 2022 at 5:50 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs tumble on profit-taking

Feb. 23, 2022 at 5:24 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures ended down sharply on Wednesday in a profit-taking setback following seven sessions of gains that took actively-traded nearby months to contract highs. A bearish U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) cold storage report on Tuesday showed larger frozen pork supplies, including […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs rise again on tight supplies

Feb. 22, 2022 at 7:04 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures climbed to fresh highs on Tuesday in a seventh straight session of gains, lifted by strong domestic demand and tight supplies of hogs. Broader commodities market gains added support to hogs as concerns about a Russian invasion of Ukraine hammered […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Hog futures extend rally to six days

Feb. 18, 2022 at 5:55 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures rose for the sixth straight session on Friday, with the market underpinned by strong domestic demand and tight supplies as slaughter numbers lagged well behind the 2021 pace. Traders also noted technical buying helped accelerate the gains. April lean hog futures […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit six-month high on strong cash markets

Feb. 17, 2022 at 4:51 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures rose 2.1 per cent on Thursday, with the front-month contract hitting its highest in six months on strength in the cash market, traders said. April lean hog futures gained 2.175 cents, to 107.575 cents/lb., hitting a new contract high and briefly […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hog futures firm, cattle mixed

Feb. 16, 2022 at 5:31 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures firmed on Wednesday, with concerns about processing margins seen limiting supplies in the coming months. “High feed costs and low prices there have production margins as poor as they’ve been in at least eight years,” brokerage StoneX said in a note […]

By Christopher Walljasper