Insights and Stories on Cattle

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, feeder cattle extend gains

Oct. 5, 2021 at 5:28 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle and live cattle futures rose on Tuesday amid technical buying, while lean hog futures finished mixed. Both cattle markets have been due to rebound after recent selloffs dragged prices too low at a time when demand is solid, brokers said. Live […]

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures touch one-week highs

Oct. 4, 2021 at 4:17 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures extend slump

Oct. 1, 2021 at 7:16 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures rise on sustained buying

Sep. 30, 2021 at 3:52 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures pause after rally

Sep. 29, 2021 at 6:39 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Argentina to restart beef exports to China after caps lifted

Sep. 29, 2021 at 1:43 am CDT

Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentina on Tuesday said it would once again allow cattle farmers to freely export beef to China, lifting a cap imposed earlier this year that had stoked tensions with the agricultural sector. The government had capped beef exports at 50 per cent of the normal […]

By Maximilian Heath Walter Bianchi

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures extend rally on USDA data

Sep. 28, 2021 at 7:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures rose on Tuesday for a fourth straight session as traders continued to digest Friday’s U.S. government report that signaled tighter hog supplies into 2022, analysts said. CME October lean hogs settled up 1.425 cents at 91.675 cents/lb. and the […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Klassen: Feeder market holds value

Sep. 28, 2021 at 8:42 am CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling markets traded $2-$4 on either side of unchanged; calf prices held value, but there were pockets like Lethbridge where values were $2-$4 higher. Alberta packers were buying fed cattle on a live basis in the range of $156-$158. If an Alberta feedlot booked […]

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: CME hogs surge on bullish USDA data

Sep. 27, 2021 at 7:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures soared on Monday, with the most-active December contract rising its daily limit after a quarterly U.S. Department of Agriculture report showed a smaller-than-expected U.S. hog herd. CME October lean hogs settled up 2.975 cents at 90.25 cents/lb., and the […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME hogs rise, live cattle slip ahead of USDA reports

Sep. 24, 2021 at 5:31 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures climbed on Friday, largely supported by positioning ahead of a key hog inventory report issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) after the close, analysts said. Higher cash pork prices and the still-wide discount of futures to cash […]

By Karl Plume