Insights and Stories on Feeder Cattle

U.S. livestock: Futures surge as investors snap up discounts

Apr. 7, 2020 at 4:47 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. livestock futures surged on Tuesday — with live cattle futures up to their 4.5-cent expanded limit — as steep discounts in futures prices over the current cash markets wooed investors to buy back in, traders said. Feeder cattle also jumped to their normal trading day […]

Klassen: Feeder market lacks buying interest

Apr. 7, 2020 at 4:49 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures drop as pandemic roils markets

Apr. 6, 2020 at 5:41 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit 17-1/2-year low

Apr. 3, 2020 at 7:01 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Hog futures drop to 3-1/2 year low

Apr. 2, 2020 at 6:06 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs limit down on coronavirus fears

Apr. 1, 2020 at 6:00 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. livestock futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) plunged by their daily trading limits on Wednesday as stricter coronavirus emergency measures hammered stock markets and deepened worries about a global recession. Live cattle futures dropped for the fourth time in five sessions, erasing all of […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures jump in end-of-month, -quarter rebound

Mar. 31, 2020 at 7:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures rallied by as much as the daily three-cent trading limit on Tuesday in an end-of-month and end-of-quarter profit-taking bounce following a steep drop fueled by concerns about the fast-spreading coronavirus and its economic impact. The recent dive in prices as governments imposed […]

By Karl Plume

Klassen: Feeder market experiences fortuitous bounce

Mar. 31, 2020 at 11:34 am CDT

Last week, the feeder market started on a very sluggish tone. Buyers were sitting back waiting for the market to establish direction. By Friday, yearling prices were up $2-$4 compared to seven days earlier, while calves were trading $4 to as much as $8 above week-ago levels. Cow-calf producers and […]

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: April hogs limit down, cattle ease

Mar. 30, 2020 at 6:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures on Monday sank by an expanded daily limit and cattle futures weakened on increased concerns that slaughterhouses will close due to the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Traders worry that shutdowns could back up supplies of livestock by removing markets for the […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hog, cattle futures dive as volatile trade continues

Mar. 27, 2020 at 7:10 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures tumbled on Friday, with several contracts falling the expanded daily limit of 4.5 U.S. cents/lb. on worries about a slowdown in demand for pork and fears that the coronavirus could shutter slaughterhouses, potentially backing up hog supplies, traders said. Chicago Mercantile Exchange […]

By Julie Ingwersen