Insights and Stories on Feeder Cattle

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs fall on weak exports

Aug. 18, 2022 at 5:11 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures fell on Thursday, pressured by softening wholesale pork prices and weak export demand, analysts said. “We’re going to have more supply coming at us, and that’s putting pressure on the wholesale market,” said Altin Kalo, economist at Steiner Consulting Group. […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle firm, drought accelerates selling

Aug. 17, 2022 at 5:59 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

Klassen: Hot demand sustains yearling market

Aug. 16, 2022 at 6:43 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, feeder cattle set multi-month highs

Aug. 16, 2022 at 6:35 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs firm on cash strength

Aug. 15, 2022 at 7:45 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: Lean hog, live cattle futures down on profit-taking

Aug. 12, 2022 at 7:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures closed lower on Friday on cooling wholesale pork prices and profit-taking at week’s end, a day after the benchmark October contract set a life-of-contract high. Cattle futures also set back on profit-taking, but the most-active October live cattle contract posted […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Live cattle, hogs firm on meaty consumer demand

Aug. 11, 2022 at 5:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose on Thursday, with several back months hitting new life-of-contract highs on thin trading, as domestic demand for beef this summer continues to be stronger than expected, traders said. Meanwhile, lean hog futures rose — with the October and December […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: Hog, cattle futures up on broad commodities rally

Aug. 10, 2022 at 7:52 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rose on Wednesday, with the October contract hitting a life-of-contract high on brisk pork demand and broad strength in commodities on signs of decelerating U.S. inflation, traders said. Livestock and other commodities rose along with Wall Street equity markets as […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures dip in technical, profit-taking pullback

Aug. 9, 2022 at 5:30 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell on Tuesday in a technical-selling and profit-taking setback from 3-1/2 month highs posted in the prior session. Sharply lower feeder cattle futures amid higher corn feed costs put further pressure on live cattle contracts, as both livestock markets took […]

By Karl Plume

Klassen: Alberta yearling market makes fresh 52-week high

Aug. 8, 2022 at 10:03 pm CDT

The western Canadian feeder cattle market is in price discovery mode. There was a light test of yearlings and calves this past week, with prices setting fresh 52-week highs. New-crop supplies of grass cattle are coming on the market from drier pockets of Alberta. At the same time, regular feedlot […]

By Jerry Klassen