Insights and Stories on Live Cattle

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures sag as virus woes fuel recession fears

Mar. 11, 2020 at 6:23 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures fell on Wednesday, with several deferred months setting contract lows as fears of a global recession sent global equity markets tumbling and fueled uncertainty about consumer demand for beef, traders said. “The cattle market really follows what is going on with equities, […]

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs follow rebound on Wall Street

Mar. 10, 2020 at 7:27 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures dive, led by energy, equity markets

Mar. 9, 2020 at 6:14 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle set contract lows

Mar. 6, 2020 at 5:18 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME cattle retreat on demand worries

Mar. 5, 2020 at 5:11 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs rise with equities

Mar. 4, 2020 at 7:40 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. livestock futures strengthened on Wednesday as gains in financial markets helped fuel a recovery from contract lows reached last week in the live cattle market. Live cattle futures have been looking to equity markets for direction as uncertainty about the impact of the coronavirus epidemic […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle ease with equities

Mar. 3, 2020 at 4:14 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures weakened with equities on Tuesday, while hog futures advanced. Moves in the cattle market have nearly mirrored those in equities since last week, traders said, with the global spread of the new coronavirus fueling sharp moves. All three major U.S. […]

By Tom Polansek

Klassen: Coronavirus fears weigh on feeder markets

Mar. 3, 2020 at 10:29 am CST

Western Canadian feeder prices were not immune to the meltdown of financial and commodity markets last week. Buyers appeared to incorporate a risk discount due to uncertainty in beef demand over the next few months. Compared to last week, larger groups of quality yearlings traded $3-$5 lower while smaller packages […]

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: CME cattle rise in recovery from contract lows

Mar. 2, 2020 at 5:49 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Monday recovered from contract lows reached last week as concerns temporarily eased about the economic impact from the global coronavirus outbreak. Equity markets also rose on speculation that central banks will cut interest rates to soften the economic blow […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME cattle dive as coronavirus slams global markets

Feb. 28, 2020 at 5:56 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures extended a steep sell-off on Friday on growing worries that the spread of coronavirus would dent global economic growth and could tip the world economy into recession. Global stocks and oil prices fell sharply as traders fretted over the economic […]

By Karl Plume