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U.S. livestock: CME livestock futures turn higher amid rising wholesale prices

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 9, 2024

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures turned higher on Tuesday, as continued strength in wholesale prices eased concerns about consumer demand - even as investors grew nervous about ongoing inflationary concerns and rising consumer prices, traders said.

Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Buyers step back on feeder cattle due to bird flu

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News April 9, 2024

Compared to last week, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $4-$8/cwt lower while some packages of heavier replacements dropped as much as $12/cwt, and three main factors led to weaker prices.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures rise on wholesale prices, technical trade

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 8, 2024

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live futures turned higher on Monday, as a flurry of technical trading and strength in wholesale prices helped contracts rebound off recent months' lows, traders said.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle tumble ahead of weekend on bird flu fears

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 5, 2024

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures plunged on Friday to the lowest point since mid-January as concerns about beef demand amid reports of avian influenza in cattle sparked fund long liquidation ahead of the weekend.

Nearly half of a beef carcass is consumed by consumers with average to above-average incomes.

Cattleman’s Corner, Columns, Markets

How consumer spending drives fed cattle prices

Here's why a small change in spending affects the beef market

By Jerry Klassen April 4, 2024

Cattle producers are bombarded with charts and data from cattle inventory reports and cattle on feed surveys. During the fall of 2023, live cattle futures and were trending lower. Every analyst I was reading was focused on how low supplies were from a historical perspective; however, fed cattle prices were on a downward spiral. It’s […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Cattle end lower on beef demand concerns, hogs higher

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 3, 2024

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell to a fresh two-month low on Wednesday on technical selling and fund liquidation, as investors gauged whether beef demand would suffer amid recent news of avian influenza in dairy cattle.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle claw back some losses after bird flu selloff

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 2, 2024

Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures rebounded on Tuesday as traders reassessed the market after worries about cattle infected with avian influenza had triggered a sharp selloff a day earlier.

Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market resumes the climb

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News April 2, 2024

For the week ending March 30, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $4 to $6 higher on average. Fleshier backgrounded yearlings were relatively unchanged. Buyers were fairly cautious on backgrounded heifers with some packages actually softer than seven days earlier. Larger strings of quality genetic, low flesh steers were up $6 to as much as $10 in some cases. Weaned, premium, calves were up a solid $5 to $6 on average.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle plunge as bird flu fears spark speculative selloff

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 1, 2024

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures plunged on Monday on market uncertainty following news of a human case of avian influenza in a person who had contact with infected dairy cows.

Kit Pharo says ranchers can increase their production per acre and their profitability.

Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner

A key to cattle business survival

Produce more pounds of beef per acre versus more pounds per cow, this U.S. rancher says

By Heather Smith Thomas March 29, 2024

North America producers are receiving higher prices for cattle than ever before — “yet very few are really profitable,” Kit Pharo says. Most cow-calf producers “are too dependent on outside inputs, which are also at record-high costs,” says Pharo, who operates Pharo Cattle Company in Colorado and was the keynote speaker at the recent Holistic […] Read more

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Feeders

U.S. livestock: CME livestock futures turn higher amid rising wholesale prices

Klassen: Buyers step back on feeder cattle due to bird flu

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures rise on wholesale prices, technical trade

U.S. livestock: Cattle tumble ahead of weekend on bird flu fears

How consumer spending drives fed cattle prices

U.S. grains: Cattle end lower on beef demand concerns, hogs higher

U.S. livestock: Cattle claw back some losses after bird flu selloff

Klassen: Feeder market resumes the climb

U.S. livestock: CME cattle plunge as bird flu fears spark speculative selloff

A key to cattle business survival

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