Insights and Stories on Cattle

U.S. livestock: Live cattle, lean hogs firm on meat demand

May. 27, 2021 at 7:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog and live cattle futures climbed on Thursday on firming cash beef and pork prices and strong weekly export sales data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Feeder cattle futures were lower, however, pressured by soaring corn feed prices. USDA data […]

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

May. 26, 2021 at 6:12 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs up as pork prices rise, corn tumbles

May. 25, 2021 at 5:34 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures sink as on-feed supply tops estimates

May. 24, 2021 at 7:53 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rally to highest since August 2014

May. 21, 2021 at 7:51 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures up with cash markets

May. 19, 2021 at 7:19 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog and cattle futures rose on Wednesday, with the market underpinned by strength in the cash markets. Prices for the cattle contracts hit their highest in nearly a week, but closed off their session peaks as the corn market recovered from sharp declines. […]

By Mark Weinraub

Tensions build over Argentina’s beef export ban

May. 19, 2021 at 1:41 am CDT

Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentine farm groups will halt trading of livestock in protest against a 30-day government ban on beef exports aimed at bringing down domestic prices, the country’s main producer groups said in a joint statement Tuesday. The South American country’s centre-left Peronist government unveiled the ’emergency […]

By nicolas-misculin

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rally on technical bounce

May. 18, 2021 at 4:55 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Lean hog futures rallied on Tuesday, rising 1.8 per cent on a technical bounce after three straight days of declines pushed prices to their lowest since April 30, traders said. Concerns about a tightening of supplies during grilling season added support. “We are still watching weekly […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures close to unchanged

May. 17, 2021 at 4:02 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures settled close to unchanged on Monday, with attempts at a bargain-buying rally fizzling out after hitting some key resistance points. Hog futures were lower, notching their third straight day of declines on a technical setback. Cattle futures had weakened along […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Live cattle down, feeders up with corn

May. 14, 2021 at 6:00 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures extended losses on Friday on long liquidation that also dragged down corn futures, analysts said. It was the second consecutive day that cattle futures followed declines in the Chicago Board of Trade corn market, which has retreated from eight-year highs […]

By Tom Polansek