Insights and Stories on Cattle

U.S. livestock: CME hogs near three-week low amid ample supply

Oct. 13, 2021 at 4:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures fell to their lowest prices in about three weeks on Wednesday amid pressure from plentiful supplies, analysts said. Live cattle and feeder cattle futures also finished lower at CME. Hog supplies tend to increase in the autumn, pushing more pork […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle down on raised beef production forecasts

Oct. 12, 2021 at 5:48 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures mixed

Oct. 11, 2021 at 8:00 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking knocks feeder cattle off high

Oct. 8, 2021 at 7:28 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Feed weekly outlook: Shortages leading to price increases

Oct. 7, 2021 at 5:26 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Brazil’s JBS bought 301,000 cattle from ‘irregular’ farms in Amazon, audit finds

Oct. 7, 2021 at 4:12 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Nearly a third of the cattle bought by JBS SA in the Brazilian Amazon state of Para came from ranches with “irregularities” such as illegal deforestation, prosecutors found in a 2020 audit of the world’s largest meatpacker released on Thursday. In a presentation, federal prosecutors […]

By Ana Mano

U.S. livestock: CME cattle rally continues on steady cash market, technical buying

Oct. 7, 2021 at 4:01 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Technical buying and a steady cash market helped fuel Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures on Thursday, sending prices to multi-week highs and stretching the rally into a fourth trading session, traders said. Most-active November feeder cattle touched its highest price since Sept. 9 […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: Technical buying, solid beef demand boost CME cattle

Oct. 6, 2021 at 6:28 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Technical buying and solid demand for U.S. beef lifted Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures on Wednesday, traders said. The cattle markets continue to rebound from recent losses that were technically overdone, analysts said. Front-month CME October live cattle futures reached its highest price […]

By Tom Polansek

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 […]

By Tom Polansek

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

Oct. 4, 2021 at 4:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures hit one-week highs on Monday on technical buying and short covering, while lean hog futures tumbled, traders said. The gains in cattle came after the market sank to a four-month low on Friday. “This market is technically very oversold,” said […]

By Tom Polansek