Insights and Stories on Feeder Cattle

Klassen: Cash feeder market shrugs off lower futures

Apr. 29, 2019 at 9:53 pm CDT

This past week, Alberta packers were buying fed cattle in the range of $270-$274 on a dressed basis, up $2-$4 from seven days earlier. Strength in the fed cattle market spilt over into the feeder complex as feeding margins moved into positive territory for the first time this year. Compared […]

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs drop on demand concerns, plentiful supplies

Apr. 29, 2019 at 5:24 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs post third weekly slide

Apr. 26, 2019 at 7:22 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs limit down on disappointing export sales

Apr. 25, 2019 at 8:16 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures down on long liquidation

Apr. 24, 2019 at 6:51 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME lean hog futures fall on profit-taking

Apr. 23, 2019 at 5:10 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures sagged on profit-taking on Tuesday after a recent run-up to contract highs, traders said. Live cattle futures also slumped at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. The most actively traded June hogs contract has pulled back about 7.5 per cent after setting a contract high […]

By Tom Polansek

Klassen: Feeder market remains volatile

Apr. 23, 2019 at 10:10 am CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $3-$5 on either side of unchanged. Many auction barns were closed last week and the ones holding sales had smaller numbers. Quality packages of yearlings were on the higher end of the range while smaller groups of fleshier replacements were […]

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Deferred hog futures set contract highs for fourth day

Apr. 18, 2019 at 7:16 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures set new contract highs in deferred months for a fourth consecutive day on Thursday on expectations of increased demand from China, before prices pulled back. Deferred feeder cattle futures also set contract highs. An outbreak of African swine fever in China fueled the […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Deferred CME hog futures set contract highs

Apr. 17, 2019 at 5:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures rallied to new contract highs in deferred months on Wednesday on projections that China will accelerate pork imports in the last half of the year, following an outbreak of an incurable swine disease. China is expected to import more pork to fill a […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Deferred CME hogs extend gains on China virus outbreak

Apr. 16, 2019 at 6:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures closed mixed on Tuesday as front-month contracts stumbled in a setback from recent gains, while deferred contracts rose on expectations for increased demand from China due to an outbreak of a fatal hog disease. Gains in the market have been fueled by worries […]

By Tom Polansek