Insights and Stories on Live Cattle

Klassen: Feeder market stays firm

Jul. 20, 2021 at 2:03 am CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian prices for yearlings weighing 800 lbs. and over were unchanged; however, calves and yearlings in the 600- to 800-lb. category traded steady to $3 higher. The calf market was hard to define due to small groups of various quality. Strength in deferred live cattle […]

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle firm on tighter supplies

Jul. 19, 2021 at 6:37 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: Firm cash markets lift hog futures

Jul. 16, 2021 at 6:50 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle drift lower

Jul. 15, 2021 at 6:24 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle fall on corn rally

Jul. 14, 2021 at 7:56 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Live cattle firm on cash market optimism

Jul. 13, 2021 at 6:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Tuesday for a second session, supported by expectations for a slowdown in supplies of market-ready cattle that should lift cash prices, analysts said. “The (cattle) numbers start to tighten as we move forward and get closer to […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rise as pork production estimates cut

Jul. 12, 2021 at 8:00 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures jumped on Monday as the U.S. Department of Agriculture reduced its domestic pork production estimates for this year and next year. The USDA cut its production estimates because of reduced expectations for commercial hog slaughtering in the second half of […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle ease as cash market diverges

Jul. 9, 2021 at 5:40 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures eased for a third session on Friday as futures markets tried to read conflicting cash markets, traders said. “We have the (U.S.) south backed up on cattle, trying to get cattle moved through,” said Scott Varilek, broker at Kooima Kooima […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle ease as beef demand cools

Jul. 8, 2021 at 5:02 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures dropped for a second day, following U.S. boxed beef prices lower as seasonal demand cools. “You’re still seeing boxed beef pull back, which is normal, seasonally,” said Matthew Wiegand, Risk Management Consultant at FuturesOne. “We’re past the Fourth of July […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures, boxed beef prices drop

Jul. 7, 2021 at 5:47 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures approached a four-week low on Wednesday as U.S. beef prices declined. The drop in futures extended a four per cent setback from a contract high that most-active August live cattle reached last month. Prices for beef shipped to wholesale buyers […]

By Tom Polansek