Insights and Stories on Feeder Cattle

Klassen: Feeder market enters summer doldrums

Jul. 2, 2019 at 12:57 am CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded steady to $5 lower on average. Small volumes were available last week, which distorted the price structure. Many feedlot hands will rotate holidays through July; therefore, feedlot operators don’t want to bring in fresh replacements with a skeleton staff. Recent […]

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs up on trade hopes, falling corn prices

Jul. 1, 2019 at 7:35 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Nearby lean hogs drop on continued herd expansion

Jun. 28, 2019 at 7:32 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Hogs up before USDA confirms herd expansion

Jun. 27, 2019 at 6:26 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

Klassen: Fed cattle bounce supports yearling market

Jun. 25, 2019 at 10:43 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs tumble for third straight session

Jun. 24, 2019 at 5:33 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures fell sharply for a third straight session on Monday in a technical and fund- selling drop fueled by ample supplies of hogs and pork. Actively traded nearby contracts shed more than four per cent, with losses over the past […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Hog futures limit down on supply glut

Jun. 21, 2019 at 6:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Hefty supplies of American pigs pushed Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures down by the daily exchange-imposed limit on Friday. Prices tumbled as the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that meat companies such as Tyson Foods and JBS USA slaughtered 462,000 hogs, up nine per […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs fall as pork sales to China disappoint

Jun. 20, 2019 at 6:40 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures tumbled on Thursday as U.S. pork export sales to China continued to disappoint traders who have been expecting a surge of demand due to an outbreak of a fatal hog disease in China. Live cattle and feeder cattle futures also declined. Hog […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs up on bargain buying

Jun. 19, 2019 at 6:31 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures closed higher on Wednesday in light bargain-buying after last week’s slide to three-month lows, but soft cash markets and ample hog supplies hung over the market and limited rallies, traders said. CME July lean hog futures settled up 0.15 […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle closed mixed

Jun. 18, 2019 at 6:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed mixed on Tuesday, with expectations for a weak cash trade pressuring the benchmark August contract while back months ended firm, traders said. Packers were not bidding aggressively for cattle, a factor that some traders took as a bearish signal. […]

By Julie Ingwersen