Insights and Stories on Feeder Cattle

Klassen: Improving margins underpin feeder market

Oct. 2, 2018 at 1:28 pm CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearlings advanced $2-$5 while calves were unchanged to $3 higher. April live cattle futures are in a bull market; I’ve had many calls from producers and all I tell them is that April live cattle futures are in a bull market. Just as important, […]

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures jump on trilateral trade pact

Oct. 1, 2018 at 6:33 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs, cattle rise on month-end buying

Sep. 28, 2018 at 6:24 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end higher, gaining against hogs

Sep. 26, 2018 at 7:18 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME cattle up on technical buying

Sep. 25, 2018 at 6:38 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Klassen: Feeder cattle market holding value

Sep. 25, 2018 at 3:27 pm CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices were steady to as much as $4 higher while calf values traded within $5 on either side of unchanged. Current feedlot margins are hovering around break-even, but profitability will improve during October and November, given the recent strength in the deferred live […]

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures sag after USDA data

Sep. 24, 2018 at 8:31 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures declined on Monday, pressured by technical selling and bearish data in a monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture report released on Friday, traders said. USDA late on Friday reported the number of U.S. cattle on feed as of Sept. 1 at […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle climb ahead of USDA supply report

Sep. 21, 2018 at 7:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were higher on Friday, boosted by short-covering in a rebound from an earlier one-week low, traders and analysts said. Traders also were squaring their positions ahead of the U.S. Department’s monthly Cattle on Feed report, which was released after the […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Hog futures widely mixed on spreading

Sep. 20, 2018 at 7:01 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures were widely mixed on Thursday, with nearby contracts gaining on the back of higher hog prices in cash markets while deferred futures contracts lost ground, traders and analysts said. Cattle futures, both live and feeder, continued to decline as traders locked in […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Hog futures near three-month high

Sep. 19, 2018 at 7:11 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures climbed to a nearly three-month high on Wednesday, boosted by gains in cash hog markets, before futures trimmed gains to finish the session mixed. Cattle futures were nearly flat on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, in technical trading as dealers awaited a monthly […]

By Michael Hirtzer