Insights and Stories on Feeder Cattle

U.S. livestock: CME hogs mostly lower on profit-taking, trade worries

Jun. 7, 2018 at 5:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog contracts ended lower on Thursday after profit-taking and uneasiness over U.S. trade with Mexico pared some of Wednesday’s gains, said traders. On Tuesday Mexico’s economy minister said that country will import more pork from Europe after placing a 20 per cent […]

U.S. livestock: Strong cash prices reverse CME hogs’ losses

Jun. 6, 2018 at 4:19 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs slump following Mexico tariff news

Jun. 5, 2018 at 7:27 pm CDT

By Reuters

Klassen: Feeder market stabilizes on lower supplies

Jun. 4, 2018 at 8:07 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: CME futures fall on grain market weakness

Jun. 4, 2018 at 5:21 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Bargain buying, short-covering lift CME hogs

Jun. 1, 2018 at 7:42 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures settled higher on Friday, with support from bargain buying and short-covering heading into the weekend, said traders. CME June hog futures led gainers after investors bought that contract and simultaneously sold deferred months in a trading strategy known as bull spreads, […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking, trade war fears upend CME hogs

May. 31, 2018 at 8:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures closed lower on Thursday, rocked by profit-taking amid worries that pork could suffer from retaliatory tariffs against the U.S., traders said. June hogs closed 0.7 cents/lb. lower at 76.625 cents (all figures US$). July ended 2.075 cents lower at 78.05 cents. […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle limit up on short-covering

May. 30, 2018 at 4:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle on Wednesday settled up its three-cent-per-pound daily price limit, driven by short-covering and fund buying, traders said. They said CME live cattle garnered more support from higher wholesale beef values and future’s discount to early-week prices for market-ready, or cash, cattle. […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs touch five-week high on technical buying, pork gains

May. 29, 2018 at 5:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures climbed to a five-week high on Tuesday, bolstered by technical buying and gains in prices for cash hogs and pork, traders said. Live cattle futures were lower, easing on chart-based selling. Feeder cattle were higher, supported in part by lower […]

By Michael Hirtzer

Klassen: Feeder market undergoes minor recovery

May. 28, 2018 at 9:46 pm CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearlings sold $3 to as much as $6 higher while calf markets were relatively unchanged. Feeder cattle futures experienced a $5-$7 rally, which quickly renewed optimism in the cash trade. Ideas that yearling supplies will drop below year-ago levels on both sides of the […]

By Jerry Klassen