Insights and Stories on Feeder Cattle

U.S. livestock: Cash cattle, futures up on beef packer scrutiny

May. 8, 2020 at 7:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures rose on Friday along with cash prices as the federal government probed the beef market. The price of cattle in the cash market has rebounded since U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he had urged the federal Justice Department to look […]

U.S. livestock: June cattle limit up on surging beef prices, meat shortages

May. 7, 2020 at 7:13 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Futures surge on technical buying as plants reopen

May. 6, 2020 at 4:34 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

Klassen: Yearlings trade lower, calves ratchet higher

May. 6, 2020 at 8:02 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs slide after three days of gains

May. 5, 2020 at 6:34 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures inch up as plants reopen

May. 4, 2020 at 5:16 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog and live cattle futures closed higher on Monday, as meat processing facilities began to open after closures of more than 20 plants due to coronavirus illnesses among workers. Rising pork and beef cutout prices have also helped give futures a boost on Monday, […]

By Christopher Walljasper P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures climb with wholesale meat prices

May. 1, 2020 at 7:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures closed higher on Friday after touching a three-week top, buoyed by firm cash cattle values and surging wholesale beef prices as labor shortages slow the U.S. slaughter pace, traders said. New-month buying by speculators may have also lent support, they said. Chicago […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Hogs climb on strong pork exports, wholesale prices

Apr. 30, 2020 at 7:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures rose on Thursday as bullish weekly U.S. pork export data and rising wholesale prices overshadowed worries about a slowdown in the U.S. hog slaughter pace backing up hog supplies, traders said. “You’ve got a combination of export sales being strong (and) the […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Hogs mostly lower as packing-plant woes persist

Apr. 29, 2020 at 7:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures closed mostly lower on Wednesday, setting back from a one-month high set a day earlier in the benchmark June contract as traders mulled the implications of a presidential order for U.S. meat packing plants to remain open, traders said. President Donald Trump […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Hogs pare gains as Trump plans order to keep meat plants open

Apr. 28, 2020 at 5:52 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures hit a four-week peak on Tuesday on worries about tightening pork supplies as the coronavirus shutters meat processing plants, but the market pared gains on news that U.S. President Donald Trump plans to order such sites to stay open. June lean hog […]

By Julie Ingwersen