Insights and Stories on Feeder Cattle

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

Apr. 6, 2020 at 5:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures plunged to their daily trading limit on Monday — with prices for the front-month contract hitting the lowest seen since December 2009 — as beef inventories remain robust with much of the U.S. restaurant industry shuttered due to the pandemic. April live […]

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

By Karl Plume

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

Mar. 31, 2020 at 7:04 pm CDT

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

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit down as grocery panic eases

Mar. 26, 2020 at 8:08 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures fell their daily three-cent limit on Thursday on signs that a consumer meat-buying frenzy has cooled, allowing traders to re-focus on plentiful U.S. hog and pork supplies, traders said. The benchmark June lean hog futures contract on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange settled […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end mostly lower

Mar. 25, 2020 at 6:59 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Benchmark June live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed lower on Wednesday for the first time in five sessions as the market paused after a sharp rally driven by soaring retail beef prices. Wholesale beef prices jumped and packer profit margins skyrocketed this week […]

By Julie Ingwersen