Insights and Stories on Live Cattle

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs firm amid market uncertainty

Mar. 14, 2022 at 6:55 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures climbed on Monday as traders attempted to make sense of changing trade restrictions and allowances. “The market’s trying to sort out all these trade protection measures,” said Alan Brugler, president of Brugler Marketing. “Everybody seems to want imports, and nobody wants […]

U.S. livestock: CME hogs, cattle rise as grain markets stabilize

Mar. 11, 2022 at 5:11 pm CST

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U.S. livestock: Cattle down on cash weakness, technical selling

Mar. 10, 2022 at 8:07 pm CST

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U.S. livestock: CME futures slide on U.S., global economic fears

Mar. 9, 2022 at 2:56 pm CST

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U.S. livestock: CME cattle firm, hogs rebound

Mar. 8, 2022 at 4:26 pm CST

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U.S. livestock: CME cattle bounce from multi-month lows

Mar. 7, 2022 at 4:26 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures rebounded from multi-month lows on Monday, while hog futures eased on follow-through selling after notching a limit-down decline on Friday. Live cattle futures snapped an eight-session losing streak that saw the April contract shed seven per cent of its value and […]

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U.S. livestock: CME cattle hit multi-month lows

Mar. 4, 2022 at 6:42 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures dropped to a six-month low and feeder cattle hit a nine-month low on Friday, while lean hog futures sank by the daily exchange-imposed trading limit. Follow-through selling pushed down cattle contracts after a string of losses in the markets, brokers […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, feeder cattle sag to four-month lows

Mar. 3, 2022 at 7:06 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange livestock futures slumped on Thursday, with live cattle and feeder cattle setting four-month lows. The cattle markets came under continued pressure from weakness in equities, which lost ground as the Ukraine crisis kept investors on edge, traders said. In grain markets, soaring costs […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle firm, live cattle ease as grain markets roiled

Mar. 2, 2022 at 5:05 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures rose on Wednesday, and live cattle futures prices slipped for another session, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continued to send agricultural commodity markets into a tailspin, traders said. But a whipsaw in prices for grains used for livestock feed weighed […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle hit four-month low

Mar. 1, 2022 at 6:47 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures dropped to a four-month low on Tuesday and live cattle futures eased as Wall Street tumbled, traders said. A surge in prices for grains used for livestock feed added pressure on feeder cattle, traders said. Corn and wheat futures each […]

By Tom Polansek