Insights and Stories on Live Cattle

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, hogs end mostly firmer

Apr. 11, 2018 at 7:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts closed firmer on Wednesday as investors digested initial prices for slaughter-ready, or cash, cattle while bracing for hefty supplies ahead, said traders. Market participants are also monitoring forecasts for a weekend snowstorm in the northern U.S. Plains that could […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end mixed as market weighs big supply

Apr. 11, 2018 at 3:02 am CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs jump on short-covering

Apr. 9, 2018 at 6:58 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle stumble on profit-taking

Apr. 6, 2018 at 6:26 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Fund buying sends CME live cattle higher

Apr. 5, 2018 at 8:02 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle shrug off China beef tariff news

Apr. 4, 2018 at 6:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed higher on Wednesday, after bargain buying reversed earlier losses following China’s proposed tariff increase on U.S. beef, said traders. China listed beef and other U.S. goods that may incur a 25 per cent duty by the end of May if […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: More CME hog losses on China pork tariff hike

Apr. 3, 2018 at 7:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs on Tuesday tumbled for a second straight day, dragged down by slumping cash hog prices and China’s additional 25 per cent tariff on U.S. pork imposed on Monday, said traders. The Chinese raised duties on pork, and more than 100 other […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs limit down on China pork tariff hike

Apr. 2, 2018 at 8:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Some deferred-month Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures settled down their three-cent-per-pound daily price limit on Monday after China raised tariffs on U.S. pork by another 25 per cent, said traders. Late on Sunday China announced higher duties on U.S. pork and over 100 other products […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle tumble as USDA report rallies corn

Mar. 29, 2018 at 7:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures fell sharply on Thursday as a rally in the corn market sent feeder cattle tumbling and as weak cash cattle prices and rising supplies weighed on sentiment, traders said. The actively traded Chicago Mercantile Exchange June contract dropped by the three-cent-per-pound daily […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs mostly higher on bargain-buying

Mar. 28, 2018 at 5:42 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. livestock futures were mostly higher on Wednesday, with both cattle and hogs recovering from recent lows on bargain buying and positioning ahead of government supply data, traders and analysts said. Most lean hog contracts jumped three per cent or more on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange […]

By Michael Hirtzer