Insights and Stories on Live Cattle

U.S. livestock: Cattle gain on higher beef prices, lower corn

Mar. 10, 2017 at 5:42 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures rose about one per cent on Friday, with feeder cattle extending gains to the third straight session as wholesale beef prices rose and corn prices fell. Higher prices for meat and lower prices for animal feed boost profits in the cattle sector. Greening […]

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle up one per cent

Mar. 9, 2017 at 4:45 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Live cattle sink on technical selling

Mar. 6, 2017 at 4:38 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Fallen cash, pork prices slam CME hogs

Mar. 3, 2017 at 4:46 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Supply growth worries sink CME live cattle

Mar. 2, 2017 at 3:12 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end mostly firm

Mar. 1, 2017 at 4:16 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed firmer on Wednesday, after investors sold April futures and simultaneously bought deferred months. Investors held off buying April futures despite strong wholesale beef values and steady-to-better cash price expectations for this week. April live cattle closed 0.35 cent/lb. […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Funds, beef demand fuel CME live cattle rally

Feb. 28, 2017 at 3:47 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished sharply higher on Tuesday, driven by fund buying and brisk wholesale beef demand, said traders. They said deferred-month contracts’ discounts to this week’s expected cash prices provided additional market support. February live cattle, which expired at noon CT, closed […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures score 10-month high

Feb. 27, 2017 at 6:07 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures reached their highest since late April 2016, driven by short-covering amid brisk wholesale beef demand, said traders. They said speculators bought deferred cattle contracts after Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture monthly Cattle on Feed report proved less bearish than some […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking pressures cattle futures, boosts hogs

Feb. 24, 2017 at 4:04 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were mostly lower on Friday while lean hog futures gained sharply as investors took profits in each livestock contract, traders and analysts said. Cattle fell after Thursday’s nearly four-week high and hogs rebounded from a roughly two-month low. “It’s just […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Hogs extend losses on cash expectations

Feb. 23, 2017 at 6:40 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures fell more than one per cent on Thursday, extending losses to their third straight session, on pressure from expectations for declines in Midwest cash hog markets, traders and analysts said. Lower wholesale pork prices this week, especially pork belly cuts, also weighed […]

By Michael Hirtzer