Insights and Stories on Cattle

Greece delivers feed to cattle ship at sea for months

Mar. 9, 2021 at 8:28 pm CST

Athens | Reuters — Greece will deliver 50 tons of animal feed to the Togo-flagged Elbeik, which has been stuck at sea for nearly three months in the Mediterranean carrying hundreds of cattle rejected by their buyers amid fears of disease, government sources said Tuesday. The vessel is expected to […]

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs climb as pork prices rise, slaughter pace slows

Mar. 9, 2021 at 7:40 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

Klassen: Deferred live cattle futures pull feeder market higher

Mar. 8, 2021 at 9:33 pm CST

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs firm as U.S. stimulus plan fuels optimism

Mar. 8, 2021 at 7:23 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Hog futures take a breather

Mar. 5, 2021 at 7:09 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Pork export sales rise, profit-taking hits hog futures

Mar. 4, 2021 at 6:49 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures ended lower on Thursday as profit-taking overshadowed strong U.S. export demand, analysts said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a weekly report, said weekly net U.S. pork export sales were 59,600 tonnes for 2021, up 68 per cent from the […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs up on new swine fever outbreak in China

Mar. 3, 2021 at 6:37 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures jumped on Wednesday as China reported a new outbreak of a deadly pig disease, raising expectations that Chinese importers could increase U.S. purchases. China’s farm ministry confirmed African swine fever in piglets being illegally transported through Funing county in the […]

By Tom Polansek

Farm cash receipts up in 2020

Mar. 2, 2021 at 7:43 pm CST

MarketsFarm — New data from Statistics Canada on Tuesday showed Canadian farm cash receipts went up in 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, on the strength of rising crop prices and exports. The total value of farm cash receipts in the country totalled $71.7 billion in 2020, an 8.1 per cent […]

By MarketsFarm Team

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs down off recent gains

Mar. 2, 2021 at 7:12 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures dropped 2.7 per cent on Tuesday as the market retreated from recent surges. Profit-taking has weighed on prices since most-active April hog futures reached a life-of-contract high on Thursday. Still, traders said robust Chinese demand for pork imports is underpinning […]

By Tom Polansek

Klassen: Steady demand supports feeder cattle prices

Mar. 2, 2021 at 11:50 am CST

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices were unchanged while calves were steady to $2 higher on average. Auction barns received larger supplies of backgrounded cattle and there was a fair amount of direct trade of yearlings off farm. Larger supplies of heavier-weight feeders appeared to limit the upside […]

By Jerry Klassen