Insights and Stories on CME

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rally on bargain buying

Jul. 13, 2016 at 4:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed sharply higher on Wednesday after bargain hunting and short-covering snapped the market’s two-day losing streak, traders said. “I think some people are finally catching on to the idea that maybe sentiments that this market will continue to decline is […]

U.S. livestock: Supply worries again sink CME live cattle to five-year low

Jul. 12, 2016 at 4:34 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle gain on cash price discount

Jul. 8, 2016 at 6:40 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle drop as funds roll August positions

Jul. 7, 2016 at 3:07 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Supply worries sink lean hogs to one-month low

Jul. 6, 2016 at 8:26 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Cattle advance on cash market optimism

Jul. 5, 2016 at 5:09 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures rebounded from early-session weakness on Tuesday to close higher for the fifth time in six trading sessions on expectations for firm cash cattle prices this week. Feeder cattle futures also climbed, drawing some support from sharply lower corn prices, while lean hogs […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle ease on profit-taking but gain for week

Jul. 1, 2016 at 7:45 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures fell more than one per cent on Friday, snapping their longest streak of gains in a month as investors locked in profits ahead of the three-day July 4 holiday weekend, traders said. Feeder cattle futures also slumped in a profit-taking setback while […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle up fourth straight day

Jun. 30, 2016 at 3:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures extended a winning streak to four sessions on Thursday with help from better-than-expected cash prices and firm wholesale beef values, traders said. June live cattle, which expired at noon CT, closed 1.1 cents/lb. higher at 120 cents (all figures US$). […]

By Theopolis Waters

Online U.S. cattle auction halts activity

Jun. 29, 2016 at 8:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Organizers of an online U.S. cattle auction that ranchers and traders had hoped would help restore transparency to livestock pricing nationwide said on Wednesday they would suspend activity indefinitely after just four sessions. The Fed Cattle Exchange, which held its first live feeder cattle auction on […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Cash optimism lifts live cattle third straight day

Jun. 29, 2016 at 6:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose for a third day in a row on Wednesday, with help from expectations of steady or better cash prices by week’s end, traders said. June live cattle, which expires on Thursday, closed 1.825 cents/lb. higher at 118.9 cents. Most […]

By Theopolis Waters