Insights and Stories on Feeder Cattle

U.S. livestock: Fund buying extends live cattle gains

May. 31, 2017 at 4:06 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The previous session’s Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle advances carried over into Wednesday, with support from fund buying and short-covering on the final trading session of the month, said traders. Futures’ discounts to this week’s initial cash prices provided additional market support, they said. June ended […]

Klassen: Feeder cattle market stabilizes

May. 30, 2017 at 7:02 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle recoup some recent losses

May. 30, 2017 at 6:13 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Bearish USDA report rattles CME live cattle

May. 26, 2017 at 3:30 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Funds, bargain buying rally live cattle

May. 25, 2017 at 7:06 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle retreat following initial cash prices

May. 24, 2017 at 4:05 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts slumped on Wednesday, pulled down by technical selling and lower preliminary cash prices, said traders. June closed 0.95 cent/lb. lower at 122.125 cents (all figures US$). August closed 1.4 cents lower at 119.925 cents, and below the 10-day moving average […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Hogs gain, cattle ease on spread unwinding

May. 23, 2017 at 6:06 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures rose to a three-month high on Tuesday while live cattle declined as some investors unwound hog-cattle spreads, traders and analysts said. Traders locked in profits on long cattle-short hog spreads, with Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle declining for the first time in […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cattle hit two-week high on cash discount, bear-spreading

May. 22, 2017 at 5:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures extended gains to a nearly two-week high on Monday, lifted by bear-spreading and futures’ discount to trades in the cash steer market, traders said. Feeder cattle futures jumped two per cent and lean hog futures hovered near three-month highs while wholesale beef […]

By Michael Hirtzer

Klassen: Feeder cattle market experiences mixed tone

May. 22, 2017 at 4:05 pm CDT

Western Canadian feeder cattle markets were rather subdued this past week; average prices were unchanged from seven days earlier. However, the bloom has come off the rose as the extreme highs from earlier in May have evaporated. Late in the week, shorter-keep cattle appeared to trade $3-$5 higher, especially on […]

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Hogs, cattle rise on technical buying

May. 19, 2017 at 6:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle and hog futures gained about one per cent on Friday, lifted by technical buying despite declines this week in wholesale prices for beef and pork, traders and analysts said. Live cattle gained for the second straight session as futures continued to recover from the […]

By Michael Hirtzer