Insights and Stories on Feeder Cattle

Klassen: Feeder market faces many headwinds

May. 14, 2018 at 10:52 pm CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle prices were relatively unchanged. Feedlot operators and order buyers were contending with a number of variables which resulted in a defensive tone. First, the Canadian dollar rallied late in the week, derailing any buying interest from south of the border. U.S. feeder […]

U.S. livestock: June live cattle limit down in technical selloff

May. 14, 2018 at 5:04 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME hogs slump amid fund roll, NAFTA worries

May. 11, 2018 at 3:25 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Short-covering boosts CME live cattle

May. 10, 2018 at 5:40 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle buckle under big supply worries

May. 9, 2018 at 5:39 pm CDT

By Reuters

Klassen: Seasonable temperatures enhance feeder market

May. 8, 2018 at 7:43 pm CDT

Western Canadian yearling markets were actively trading $2-$5 above week-ago levels while prices in the Lethbridge area were up a solid $5 to as much as $10 in some cases. Improving pen conditions, along with a stronger fed cattle market, resulted in a surge of buying interest from southern Alberta […]

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle up on short-covering, fund buying

May. 8, 2018 at 6:38 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle settled higher on Tuesday, helped by short-covering and fund buying that halted the market’s two-session slide, traders said. In a trading strategy known as bull spreads, some investors bought June futures and simultaneously sold deferred months in anticipation of this week’s […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slide

May. 7, 2018 at 5:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle on Monday lost ground for a second straight session, hit by technical selling and the “roll” by funds out of June into deferred contracts, traders said. Funds in CME’s livestock markets that track the Standard + Poor’s Goldman Sachs Commodity Index […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle sag as funds roll positions

May. 4, 2018 at 4:38 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Friday drew pressure from funds that sold, or “rolled,” June positions into back months before similar moves lasting five days beginning on Monday, said traders. Continued uneasiness about burdensome supplies ahead further deterred futures buyers, they said. There may […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Higher cash prices rally CME live cattle

May. 3, 2018 at 7:55 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed higher on Thursday led by better-than-expected cash prices that halted the market’s three-session losing skid, said traders. Fund buying and solid wholesale beef demand contributed to futures advances, they said. Still, cattle trading months slipped from highs amid lingering worries […]

By Reuters