Insights and Stories on Feeder Cattle

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle spiral downward as supply worries persist

Aug. 29, 2016 at 6:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts drifted lower on Monday on ample supplies that pressured wholesale beef values and could again hurt cash prices by Friday, traders said. Thinly traded August futures, which will expire on Wednesday, were supported by their discount to last week’s […]

U.S. livestock: Burdensome supplies again buckle CME live cattle

Aug. 26, 2016 at 3:27 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle stretch losses to ninth straight day

Aug. 25, 2016 at 5:50 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slump eighth day in a row

Aug. 24, 2016 at 4:31 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: More CME live cattle selling on weaker cash outlook

Aug. 23, 2016 at 2:37 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Klassen: Feeder market establishes defensive tone

Aug. 23, 2016 at 12:20 pm CDT

Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were relatively unchanged from week-ago levels although a softer tone was noted late in the week. After two weeks of slightly higher values, buyers took on the attitude of cutting one’s coat according one’s cloth. Each cattle feeder appears to have his or her own […]

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slump sixth straight day

Aug. 22, 2016 at 4:05 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell for a sixth day in a row on Monday, pressured by supply worries implied by last Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture monthly Cattle on Feed report, traders said. The report showed two per cent more cattle placed in U.S. […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle weaken before USDA report

Aug. 19, 2016 at 5:48 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Friday posted losses for a fourth consecutive session, partly on caution before Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle on Feed report at 2 p.m. CT, traders said. Analysts polled by Reuters, on average, believe that July 2016 cattle […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle losses mount in fund selloff

Aug. 18, 2016 at 3:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished lower for a fourth straight session on Thursday, saddled by fund liquidation after slipping below technical support levels, traders said. August live cattle ended 1.175 cents/lb. lower at 113.575 cents (all figures US$). October closed 1.825 cents lower at […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Pork price turnaround sends CME lean hogs higher

Aug. 17, 2016 at 4:01 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog contracts finished higher on Wednesday, ignited by short-covering after Tuesday’s selloff and the morning’s wholesale pork price rebound, said traders. October ended 1.15 cents/lb. higher at 61 cents, and December finished up 1.3 cents, to 56.75 (all figures US$). After falling […]

By Theopolis Waters