Insights and Stories on Feeder Cattle

U.S. livestock: Live cattle sag as traders eye lower boxed-beef prices

Jul. 15, 2019 at 5:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures ended mostly lower on Monday as weak boxed beef prices fueled concerns about increasing supplies. Select-grade boxed beef was $189.21/cwt on Monday afternoon, down 2.7 per cent from a week ago, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data issued […]

U.S. livestock: CME hogs book biggest one-week climb since April

Jul. 12, 2019 at 5:54 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs end lower

Jul. 11, 2019 at 7:19 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Hogs up on technical buying, cash values

Jul. 10, 2019 at 7:00 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Klassen: Feeder market softens on limited volumes

Jul. 10, 2019 at 1:56 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up on firming cash pork, China hopes

Jul. 9, 2019 at 7:09 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures roared higher on Tuesday, with the most-active August and October contracts settling up by the daily three-cent-per pound limit on a mix of technical buying, firmer cash pork values and optimism about U.S. trade talks with China, traders said. […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs down on ample supplies

Jul. 8, 2019 at 7:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures closed lower on Monday for a third straight session as plentiful U.S. hog and pork supplies continued to weigh on the market, analysts said. CME’s most-active August lean hogs contract ended down 0.975 cent at 76.075 cents/lb. after dipping […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle jump on firmer cash trade

Jul. 5, 2019 at 7:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures settled higher on Friday and set a one-month top, buoyed by higher cash cattle trades in northern states including Nebraska and Iowa, traders said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed that more than 22,000 head of cattle traded […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs end down, live cattle up

Jul. 3, 2019 at 4:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures closed lower on Wednesday on technical selling including profit-taking and long liquidation ahead of the U.S. Independence Day holiday, along with bearish supply fundamentals, traders said. CME’s benchmark August lean hogs contract ended down 0.6 cent at 78.375 cents/lb., […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Nearby lean hogs firm on bargain-buying, China hopes

Jul. 2, 2019 at 6:47 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) nearby lean hog futures closed higher on Tuesday for a second session on technical buying after last week’s multimonth lows and hopes that a resumption of U.S.-China trade talks could spur export demand for U.S. pork, traders said. U.S. President Donald Trump […]

By Julie Ingwersen