Insights and Stories on Feeder Cattle

U.S. livestock: Cash price unease pressures CME live cattle

Jul. 10, 2017 at 7:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Monday, weakened by sell stops and uncertainty regarding cash prices later this week, traders said. Funds that track the Standard + Poor’s Goldman Sachs Commodity Index at times sold, or “rolled,” August futures and simultaneously bought October […]

U.S. livestock: Cattle rise in rebound on technical buying, cash trades

Jul. 6, 2017 at 7:49 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cattle slump to two-month low

Jul. 5, 2017 at 5:35 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

Klassen: Feeder cattle market enters summer doldrums

Jul. 4, 2017 at 8:51 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Hogs rise on pork gains

Jul. 3, 2017 at 4:21 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Hogs hit 2-1/2-year high on packer demand

Jun. 30, 2017 at 7:31 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures surged to a 2-1/2-year high on Friday as recent gains in cash hog prices prompted investor buying in futures, traders and analysts said. Rising wholesale pork values underscored strong meat demand and also bolstered futures while rising temperatures forecast next week could […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures climb ahead of USDA report

Jun. 29, 2017 at 6:01 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures settled higher on Thursday, and the July contract notched fresh highs, supported by their discounts to cash prices and fund buying prior to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s neutral quarterly hog report, said traders. USDA’s report showed a record number […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle up on bargain buying after selloff

Jun. 28, 2017 at 5:13 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures settled higher on Wednesday after bargain buying and short-covering offset early-session selling following Tuesday’s heavy losses, said traders. They said discounts in deferred months to this week’s expected cash prices contributed to market advances. June, which will expire on Friday, […]

By Theopolis Waters

Klassen: Low volumes characterize feeder cattle market

Jun. 27, 2017 at 6:11 pm CDT

Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were relatively unchanged from week-ago levels; however, low volumes and various-quality cattle characterized the market. It’s that time of year, when stragglers and recovering sick animals come available and discounts were quite sizeable on substandard cattle. Quality late bloomers were well bid and there was […]

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures erase Monday’s rally

Jun. 27, 2017 at 5:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Tuesday bowed to fund liquidation that wiped out Monday’s sharp gains, including the August contract’s settlement up its three-cent per pound daily price limit, traders said. They attributed further selling on lower wholesale beef values that could weigh on […]

By Theopolis Waters