Insights and Stories on Live Cattle

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs snap back from session lows

Mar. 23, 2017 at 3:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures finished higher on Thursday, after short-covering and bargain buying brought contracts from morning lows, traders said. “Hogs (futures) were simply too cheap. The price had gotten to the point where (investors) had wrung out any sort of spring seasonal rally,” […]

U.S. livestock: Live cattle hit 14-month high on cash gains

Mar. 22, 2017 at 6:52 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Live cattle hit two-month high on cash optimism

Mar. 21, 2017 at 4:06 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

Klassen: Feeder cattle continue upward trend

Mar. 20, 2017 at 9:19 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Deferred cattle hit contract highs

Mar. 20, 2017 at 7:44 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cattle hit new highs on technical buying, beef gains

Mar. 17, 2017 at 7:28 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures climbed to a fresh seven-week high on Friday while feeder cattle reached the highest levels since August on support from technical buying and gains in wholesale beef prices, traders said. Chicago Mercantile Exchange futures tracked gains earlier this week in Plains cash […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Live cattle hit seven-week high on packer margins

Mar. 16, 2017 at 3:50 pm CDT

CORRECTED, March 17 — Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures rose to a seven-week high on Thursday, boosted by recent gains in beef prices that increased profit margins for meat packers, traders and analysts said. Technical buying also was noted, with some investors buying back positions in front-month […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cattle jump on gains in cash prices, wholesale beef

Mar. 15, 2017 at 5:52 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose about one per cent on Wednesday, rebounding from declines in the previous session on the back of higher cash cattle trades in the southern U.S. Plains, traders and analysts said. Beef packers paid higher values for cattle to take […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cattle decline on profit-taking

Mar. 14, 2017 at 5:57 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures declined on Tuesday, with live cattle easing one per cent as traders locked in profits following recent steep gains and amid uncertainty over how cash markets would develop this week, traders and analysts said. Lean hog futures climbed to a three-week high at […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle gain for fourth straight session

Mar. 13, 2017 at 5:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle on Monday rose for a fourth consecutive session, with strength from buy stops and futures’ discounts to last week’s cash prices, said traders. They said profit-taking and caution ahead of this week’s cash returns pulled contracts from session highs. Monday was […]

By Theopolis Waters