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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures, beef boxes recover some losses

May. 16, 2025 at 3:27 pm CDT

Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – Cattle contracts on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange made small gains on Friday, providing little relief at the end of a tough week. The August live cattle contract gained US$0.900 per hundredweight to close at US$206.750. Meanwhile, August feeder cattle saw an increase of US$1.775/cwt. to […]

U.S. livestock: Futures fall, boxed beef prices up

May. 15, 2025 at 3:20 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

A group of cattle in an Alberta feedlot in the summer.

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures backtrack from record highs

May. 14, 2025 at 5:38 pm CDT

By Reuters Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit nearly 10-month high on biofuel and trade hopes

May. 14, 2025 at 3:30 pm CDT

By Reuters Tom Polansek

Chicago, Illinois, USA - March 28, 2022: Chicago Board of Trade office in Chicago. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the world's oldest futures and options exchanges.

U.S. grains: Soybeans higher on bullish USDA report, US-China trade truce

May. 13, 2025 at 3:52 pm CDT

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle mixed, hogs make modest gains

May. 13, 2025 at 3:44 pm CDT

Chicago cattle futures settled on either side of unchanged, Tuesday, after setting fresh highs on Monday. Lean hog contracts made modest gains.

By Geralyn Wichers

Black Angus breed cattle in a feedlot or feed yard. Ear tags and electronic monitoring tags have been touched up to removed distinguishing numbers and features

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures reach new contract highs

May. 12, 2025 at 3:03 pm CDT

Chicago cattle futures hit new contract highs, while boxed beef prices were lower.

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. livestock: Cattle mixed, hogs make small gains

May. 9, 2025 at 4:35 pm CDT

Chicago cattle futures ended mixed, while lean hogs made small gains on Friday.

By Geralyn Wichers

Exterior of the Chicago Board of Trade building.

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans, corn higher ahead of US-China trade talks

May. 9, 2025 at 3:35 pm CDT

Chicago soybean and corn futures bounced on Friday as traders covered short positions ahead of Saturday's meeting between senior U.S. and Chinese officials and a widely tracked U.S. Department of Agriculture report on Monday, analysts said.

By Heather Schlitz Reuters