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U.S. livestock: Live cattle set fresh highs, lean hogs slide

Apr. 29, 2025 at 4:02 pm CDT

Chicago live cattle futures settled around contract highs, Tuesday, while lean hogs fell.

Black Angus breed cattle in a feedlot or feed yard. Ear tags and electronic monitoring tags have been touched up to removed distinguishing numbers and features

U.S. livestock: Cattle rise as Mexican imports questioned

Apr. 28, 2025 at 3:14 pm CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

U.S. livestock: Chicago lean hogs resume climb

Apr. 25, 2025 at 3:11 pm CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

U.S. livestock: Hogs slip on news China cancelled some U.S. pork shipments

Apr. 24, 2025 at 4:28 pm CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

Food processing plant interior with fresh pig carcasses hanging in the cold storage.

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise, nearby hogs edge down

Apr. 23, 2025 at 3:07 pm CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

cattle and a barbed wire fence at sunset

U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle resume climb, hogs gain

Apr. 22, 2025 at 4:21 pm CDT

Chicago cattle futures resumed their upward trajectory on Tuesday after Monday's dip, which had been influenced by threats by U.S. President Donald Trump to sack the Federal Reserve chair.

By Geralyn Wichers

U.S. livestock: Cattle lower amid broad selling pressure

Apr. 21, 2025 at 3:33 pm CDT

Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were lower on Monday, retreating from early gains as the livestock markets found themselves caught up in the broad weakness triggered by threats from United States President Donald Trump to remove Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. livestock: Cattle rise as USDA reports decline in inventory; hogs gain

Apr. 17, 2025 at 3:42 pm CDT

Chicago live cattle and feeder contracts rose on Thursday as the USDA's cattle on feed report showed cattle inventory down two per cent compared to one year ago.

By Geralyn Wichers