Insights and Stories on Cattle

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs sag on Wall Street woes, worker shortages

Jan. 10, 2022 at 8:09 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog and live cattle futures closed lower on Monday, pressured by declines on Wall Street along with slowdowns at slaughterhouses due to worker shortages, traders said. CME February live cattle futures settled down 1.075 cents at 136.25 cents/lb., while March feeder cattle […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, lean hogs fall on weaker slaughter

Jan. 7, 2022 at 5:23 pm CST

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures firm

Jan. 6, 2022 at 5:37 pm CST

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle down on lagging slaughter rates

Jan. 5, 2022 at 5:39 pm CST

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, lean hogs dip on regulatory concerns

Jan. 4, 2022 at 4:11 pm CST

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: Nearby CME live and feeder cattle futures ease

Jan. 3, 2022 at 5:48 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures eased on Monday, remaining near recent highs as back-month contracts climbed to new highs on expectations of tighter supplies to come. CME February live cattle futures settled down 0.775 cent at 138.925 cents/lb., though back-month contracts starting with August 2022 […]

By Christopher Walljasper

Klassen: Feeder market closes year on firm tone

Dec. 27, 2021 at 8:51 pm CST

There were no major sales last week; however, a few auction barns held sales with a light run of feeder cattle along with bred cows and bred heifers. Compared to seven days earlier, western Canadian feeder cattle prices were relatively unchanged. Liquidation of the cow herd was the main feature […]

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures touch four-week high

Dec. 27, 2021 at 8:19 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures rose for the fourth straight trading session on Monday, as the market continued to see support from a government report last week that showed smaller-than-expected national inventory numbers, traders said. Most-active February hog futures settled the day up 0.425 cent at 83.65 cents/lb. […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures touch four-week high

Dec. 23, 2021 at 8:01 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures touched a four-week high on Thursday before retreating and may rise further next week because of smaller-than-expected national inventory numbers, analysts said. The U.S. hog herd totaled 74.2 million head on Dec. 1, down four per cent from a year earlier, the U.S. […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME hogs approach four-week high

Dec. 22, 2021 at 5:22 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures jumped to their highest prices in about four weeks on Wednesday, while cattle futures also advanced. Futures could come under pressure early on Thursday from monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture data that showed frozen pork supplies on Nov. 30 were down […]

By Tom Polansek