Insights and Stories on Feeder Cattle

Klassen: Feeder market has positive factors

Jan. 3, 2022 at 8:38 pm CST

There were no feeder cattle sales last week due to the holiday season; however, this didn’t stop many cow-calf producers from inquiring about the market outlook for 2022. This past year was one for the record books. There is no doubt about it. Waves of COVID-19 caused beef demand to […]

U.S. livestock: Nearby CME live and feeder cattle futures ease

Jan. 3, 2022 at 5:48 pm CST

By Christopher Walljasper

Klassen: Feeder market closes year on firm tone

Dec. 27, 2021 at 8:51 pm CST

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures touch four-week high

Dec. 27, 2021 at 8:19 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures touch four-week high

Dec. 23, 2021 at 8:01 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME hogs approach four-week high

Dec. 22, 2021 at 5:22 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures jumped to their highest prices in about four weeks on Wednesday, while cattle futures also advanced. Futures could come under pressure early on Thursday from monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture data that showed frozen pork supplies on Nov. 30 were down […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME hogs near one-month high on smaller herd estimates

Dec. 21, 2021 at 7:24 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures rallied on Tuesday amid expectations the U.S. Department of Agriculture will confirm a smaller pig herd in a report due out on Thursday, analysts said. USDA, in its quarterly Hogs and Pigs report, is expected to show the herd was about […]

By Tom Polansek

Klassen: Feeder market stabilizes after December surge

Dec. 21, 2021 at 12:04 pm CST

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle prices traded $3-$4 on either side of unchanged. Small groups of various quality characterized sale volumes. There were a few packages of backgrounded yearlings that sold at decent levels. Finishing feedlots were fairly aggressive on groups in the 700- to 800-lb. category. […]

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hog futures sag as broad selling hits markets

Dec. 20, 2021 at 6:22 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange livestock futures slumped on Monday as traders reduced risk in the face of rising coronavirus cases, brokers said. Selling hit a range of markets including crude oil, which lost more than three per cent, and U.S. stocks. “The risk-off trade is back today,” […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hog futures end mixed ahead of USDA data

Dec. 17, 2021 at 8:02 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures closed mixed on Friday, with the front February contract gaining against deferred months as traders squared positions ahead of a quarterly U.S. government hog report due next week, traders said. Most-active February hog futures settled up 0.45 cent at 80.8 […]

By Julie Ingwersen