Insights and Stories on Feeder Cattle

Klassen: Feeder market adjusting to various factors

Mar. 14, 2016 at 11:00 pm CDT

Western Canadian feeder markets experienced a mixed volatile tone over the past week. Replacement cattle over 800 lbs. were $3 lower to $8 higher on average, while lighter weight categories traded $10 lower to $10 higher in comparison to week-ago levels. Larger volumes of backgrounded yearling cattle are coming on […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle close mostly firm

Mar. 14, 2016 at 2:56 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle spike on cash price hopes

Mar. 11, 2016 at 3:21 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Cash outlook drives CME live cattle higher

Mar. 10, 2016 at 4:33 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs surge amid summer grilling questions

Mar. 9, 2016 at 6:37 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter

Klassen: Uncertain beef demand weighs on feeder market

Mar. 9, 2016 at 2:54 pm CST

The prolonged period of negative feeding margins continues to set a tone in the feeder market. Alberta packers were buying limited numbers of fed cattle this past week with dressed sales in the range of $280 to $283, down nearly $10-$14 from two weeks ago. This appears to have spilled […]

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Live cattle rise as traders exit nearby positions

Mar. 8, 2016 at 7:22 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Tuesday, after traders exited nearby positions to avoid taking delivery and packers seemed to be bidding more aggressively than expected in the U.S. southern Plains. Traders said there was talk of Texas packers on Tuesday bidding in […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end lower as funds roll long positions

Mar. 7, 2016 at 5:29 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Monday, after funds sold, or rolled, their April long positions and simultaneously bought deferred months, traders said. Funds trading in CME’s live cattle and hog markets shifted June long positions further back in a procedure known as […]

By Theopolis Waters

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

Mar. 3, 2016 at 3:34 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Thursday, pressured by profit-taking as early-week cash price optimism waned, traders said. April closed 0.85 cent/lb. lower at 135.45 cents, and June ended down 0.3 cent, to 125.625 (all figures US$). Packers are dug in with market-ready, […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking drops CME live cattle

Mar. 2, 2016 at 4:44 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished lower on Wednesday, after investors pocketed profits while waiting for market-ready, or cash, cattle to change hands possibly before Friday, traders said. April closed 0.8 cent/lb. lower at 136.3 cents, and June ended 0.425 cent lower at 125.925 (all […]

By Theopolis Waters