Insights and Stories on Live Cattle

U.S. livestock: Live cattle post biggest daily percentage gain in a year

Oct. 4, 2016 at 5:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures surged about three per cent on Tuesday to their best one-day performance since October 2015, sparked by short-covering and technical buying, said traders. Prior to Tuesday’s open, CME live cattle contracts displayed a Relative Strength Index (RSI) of 27. A […]

U.S. livestock: Bargain buying rallies CME lean hogs

Oct. 3, 2016 at 6:12 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Hogs, cattle tumble to multi-year lows on supply woes

Sep. 30, 2016 at 5:41 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Hogs higher on short-covering after seven-year lows

Sep. 29, 2016 at 4:54 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs mostly higher on short-covering

Sep. 28, 2016 at 5:07 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle plunge limit down

Sep. 27, 2016 at 5:02 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Tuesday slumped, with nearby contracts down the three cents/lb. daily price limit, rattled by fund selling and uneasiness before cash prices by Friday, said traders. October and December settled down by the three-cent limit to 103.825 and 103.125 cents, […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Lower cash prices send CME live cattle lower

Sep. 26, 2016 at 3:05 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Monday, pressured by technical selling and last Friday’s drop in prices for slaughter-ready, or cash, cattle, said traders. October live cattle ended 0.45 cent per pound lower at 106.825 cents, and settled below the 10-day moving average […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Cattle erase losses to finish flat

Sep. 23, 2016 at 5:10 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures finished roughly unchanged on Friday, reversing from earlier steep losses as investors squared up positions ahead of a monthly supply report that was released after the market close, traders and analysts said. Feeder cattle and lean hogs also settled about flat at […]

By Michael Hirtzer

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

Sep. 22, 2016 at 7:07 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell one per cent on Thursday, pressured by technical selling and as investors took profits following Wednesday’s nearly four-week high, traders and analysts said. Feeder cattle futures also were mostly lower while lean hog futures were mixed, with the front-month […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Hogs plunge to contract lows on supply

Sep. 19, 2016 at 5:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures fell three per cent or more on Monday, with many contracts reaching lifetime lows on pressure from robust hog supplies and technical selling, traders said. Live and feeder cattle futures were mostly lower at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, weighed down by profit-taking […]

By Michael Hirtzer