Insights and Stories on Feeder Cattle

Klassen: Feeder cattle prices collapse

Oct. 5, 2015 at 7:33 pm CDT

Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were traded $15 to $25 below week-ago levels, suffering one of the largest declines in history. Heavier replacement cattle led the market lower, trading down $20 from week-ago levels, while feeders under 600 pounds dropped $10 to $12 on average. Feedlot operators pulled in the […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle snap four-day losing streak

Oct. 2, 2015 at 4:36 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle again sag to two-year bottom

Oct. 1, 2015 at 3:44 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, feeder cattle slump limit down

Sep. 29, 2015 at 5:44 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Klassen: Feeder cattle market remains under pressure

Sep. 28, 2015 at 7:23 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle mostly firm after choppy day

Sep. 28, 2015 at 4:06 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished mostly firm on Monday after a volatile session stirred by bear spreading as investors sold the October contract and bought deferred months, traders said. They added that negative market fundamentals and anticipation of possible deliveries next Monday (Oct. 5) […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Bargain hunters send CME live cattle, feeders limit up

Sep. 25, 2015 at 5:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Friday closed up their three-cents-per-pound daily price limit, ignited by active short-covering and bargain hunting after contracts recently tumbled to two-year lows, traders said. Spot-October and December finished at 133.7 and 137 cents/lb., respectively (all figures US$). Live cattle’s […]

By Theopolis Waters

Klassen: Narrow margins weigh on feeder market

Sep. 24, 2015 at 9:22 am CDT

Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were under pressure the week ending Sept. 19, trading $5 to as much as $10 lower compared to seven days earlier. Negative feeding margins along with a major selloff in live cattle futures destroyed the buying enthusiasm that was evident earlier in August. Feedlot operators […]

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: CME live, feeder cattle sink to new contract lows

Sep. 16, 2015 at 5:13 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures slumped to fresh contract lows on Wednesday, and October dropped by the three-cent-per-pound daily price limit, on liquidation ahead of possibly lower cash prices later this week, traders said. Spot-October closed at 137.6 cents, its new contract low (all figures […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs climb as cash prices firm

Sep. 15, 2015 at 4:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs climbed four per cent on Tuesday, pulled up by short-covering following the recent bump in cash prices that may have ended their two-week losing streak, traders said. Spot October ended up 2.55 cents/lb. at 69.375, and December 1.6 cents higher at […]

By Theopolis Waters