Insights and Stories on Feeder Cattle

U.S. livestock: CME hogs end quarter mostly higher on short-covering

Sep. 29, 2017 at 4:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The bulk of Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog contracts on Friday finished higher in the final trading session for the quarter, ignited by fund buying and short-covering, said traders. They said futures rallied from earlier losses on Friday and prior to late Thursday’s U.S. Department of […]

U.S. livestock: CME hogs settle mostly lower before USDA report

Sep. 28, 2017 at 5:12 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Short-covering pulls up CME live cattle

Sep. 27, 2017 at 5:20 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Klassen: Feeder market maintains upward momentum

Sep. 25, 2017 at 8:39 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Cattle limit down after bearish USDA report

Sep. 25, 2017 at 4:57 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cattle hit one-month high ahead of USDA data

Sep. 22, 2017 at 7:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures jumped to the highest levels in over a month on Friday, lifted by technical buying and expectations for bullish government supply data that was due after the close of trading. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Cattle on Feed report, however, was […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME October hogs fall to contract low

Sep. 21, 2017 at 5:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange October lean hog futures fell sharply to a contract low on Thursday, weighed down by a months-long decline in cash prices and abundant supplies, traders said. Deferred hog futures contracts as well as most live cattle and feeder cattle contracts also eased on […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Live cattle surge on cash optimism, technical buying

Sep. 20, 2017 at 5:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures notched their biggest gains in 11 months on Wednesday, boosted by optimism for higher cash cattle prices and technical buying, traders and analysts said. Higher cattle sales at a weekly online auction helped to trigger the rally. Feeder cattle and […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle hit two-month high

Sep. 19, 2017 at 5:55 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. livestock futures gained on technical buying on Tuesday, with feeder cattle rising to a two-month high and lean hogs climbing by as much as 2.6 per cent, traders said. Fresh news remained scant, but traders were more optimistic about higher cash prices for both cattle […]

By Michael Hirtzer

Klassen: Feeder market experiences renewed optimism

Sep. 19, 2017 at 1:39 am CDT

Compared to last week, yearlings traded $3-$5 higher while calf prices were $5 to as much as $10 higher in some cases. Southern Alberta yearling prices were unchanged this week after trading at premium to western Canadian markets earlier in September. The U.S. Department of Agriculture came out on Tuesday […]

By Jerry Klassen