Insights and Stories on Live Cattle

U.S. livestock: Spreads help drive up CME live cattle futures

Sep. 7, 2017 at 4:30 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed higher on Thursday after investors bought October futures and simultaneously sold deferred months in a trading strategy known as bull spreads, traders said. Some market participants, also through spreads, purchased live cattle futures and at the same time sold CME […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle gain on firmer beef prices

Sep. 6, 2017 at 4:12 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Cattle mostly firm on short covering

Sep. 1, 2017 at 6:22 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Short-covering, bargain buying boost CME hogs

Aug. 30, 2017 at 5:33 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Supplies drag CME hogs to eight-month low

Aug. 28, 2017 at 8:07 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. July feedlot cattle placements smaller than expected

Aug. 25, 2017 at 5:34 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Ranchers in July placed 2.7 per cent more cattle in U.S. feedlots than a year ago, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported on Friday, which fell short of average analysts’ forecasts. Dwindling profits for feedyards, after being paid less for their cattle by packers, discouraged them […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle gain before USDA report, but off highs

Aug. 25, 2017 at 3:40 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle posted modest gains on Friday after investors tweaked positions before the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle on Feed report at 2 p.m. CT, traders said. Analysts polled by Reuters expect the report to show 6.2 per cent more cattle entered […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle snap back from nine-month low

Aug. 24, 2017 at 3:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle settled higher on Thursday after short-covering and bargain buying rescued futures from a nine-month low earlier in the session, said traders. Technical buying and positioning before the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle on Feed report on Friday provided more market […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle resume trek to nine-month low

Aug. 23, 2017 at 3:53 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Wednesday hit a nine-month low for the fourth time in the past five sessions, led by seasonally soft wholesale beef demand and lower initial cash prices, said traders. Fund liquidation contributed to declines after deferred contracts slipped below key […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle break four-session losing skid

Aug. 22, 2017 at 5:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Tuesday settled higher for the first time in five sessions, spurred by short-covering and bargain buying, said traders. Some contracts punched through key technical resistance barriers, which triggered fund buying and pre-established buy orders. August ended 0.725 cent/lb. higher […]

By Theopolis Waters