Insights and Stories on Cattle

Jul. 16, 2024 at 1:22 pm CDT

For those tired of sick of cutting ice and looking for a lower-cost alternative, Lee Smith has a solution. The Water Box is a livestock waterer producers can insert through the ice of a dugout, slough or slow-moving creek.

By Lisa Guenther

Jul. 15, 2024 at 5:02 pm CDT

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) feeder cattle futures ticked higher on Monday and live cattle futures ended mostly lower, as the market struggled to find clear direction, traders said.

By P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters

Jul. 12, 2024 at 5:33 pm CDT

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live and feeder cattle futures bounced on Friday as strong cash prices buoyed futures markets, traders said.

By Heather Schlitz, Reuters

Jul. 12, 2024 at 10:09 am CDT

Higher costs, especially for feed, are shrinking the average size of cattle herds in Alberta even though beef prices are strong. That’s among insights in the 2018-22 Beef Cost of Production study. It details a multi-year summary of the economic, productive and financial performance of Alberta cow-calf producers who participated […]

By Alexis Kienlen

Jul. 11, 2024 at 5:23 pm CDT

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures turned higher on Thursday on a spate of bargain-buying, after the most-active August contract LHQ24 set a new low during the session, traders said.

By Heather Schlitz, Reuters