CME December 2023 live cattle with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs rebound after recent losses

'Monday's washout was probably a bit overdone'

Chicago | Reuters — Cattle futures jumped at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Wednesday, bouncing off June lows hit this week on larger-than-expected U.S. supply numbers. Futures prices collapsed on Monday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a report issued after markets closed on Friday, said that producers placed more cattle than expected into […] Read more

CME February 2024 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures set June lows at CME

Lean hog futures touch contract lows

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures hit their lowest levels since June on Tuesday, as the market continued to digest larger-than-expected U.S. supply numbers. The market stabilized, however, after the February contract on Monday tumbled by the exchange-imposed daily trading limit. Trading limits for live cattle will revert back to the […] Read more


CME December 2023 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

U.S. livestock: CME cattle sink to June lows

Lean hogs set contract lows

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures plunged to four-month lows on Monday under pressure from bigger-than-expected placements into U.S. feedlots last month. Lean hog futures set contract lows. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a monthly report issued after trading ended on Friday, said placements of cattle in feedlots during September totaled […] Read more

CME December 2023 lean hogs with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures hit contract lows

Cattle futures also sag

Chicago | Reuters — Lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange fell to life-of-contract lows on Friday and cattle futures also retreated, pressured by technical selling and worries that a slowing global economy could hurt demand for meat, traders said. Hog futures fell the most, with the benchmark December contract settling down two cents, […] Read more


Local cured meats are a popular taste treat at Saskatchewan book launches.

New Canadiana Cookbooks: The Miracle of Salt

First We Eat: Using an age-old technique to preserve, ferment and transform your food

One way to gauge the importance of something in culture is to look at the word’s use in everyday language. When it comes to salt, we have many linguistic idioms and turns of phrase. Salt of the earth. Salty old dog. Salty language. Rubbing salt in a wound. Taking things with a grain of salt. […] Read more

CME January 2024 feeder cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

U.S. livestock: CME cattle sag on packer margins, beef export sales

December lean hogs turn slightly lower

Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures eased and feeder cattle tumbled to June lows at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Thursday as poor margins for U.S. beef processors limited demand for livestock, brokers said. A marketing-year low in weekly U.S. beef export sales also hung over the market. Meat companies are grappling with tight […] Read more


CME December 2023 live cattle with 20- and 50-day moving averages and June 2024 live cattle (black line). (Barchart)

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures mixed as packer margins stay in red

December lean hogs up off Tuesday's contract low; deferred months lower

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures were mixed on Wednesday, as beef packer margins stayed in the red and cash cattle prices were expected to be steady to higher, traders said. Hog futures were also mixed on the day. February and May lean hog futures dipped to new contract lows on sluggish […] Read more

The argument against allowing the U.K. into the CPTPP centres on their one-sided non-tariff trade barriers applied to Canadian meat.

Cattle producers need to support CCA on ‘a bad deal’

UK should be kept out of trade agreement until it accepts Canadian meat products

Editor’s note: Earlier this year it was announced that the Canadian government was considering a plan for the United Kingdom to join a major international trade agreement known as the Comprehensive Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). The move has raised the ire of the Canadian meat industry, which has been angry for years over […] Read more


CME December 2023 live cattle with 20- and 50-day moving averages. (Barchart)

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures rise on supply concerns

Chicago lean hogs slump

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures firmed on Tuesday, amid ongoing concern over animal weights shrinking and a steady stream of heifers being sent to slaughter, traders said. Rising cash cattle prices also gave the beef market a boost on the day, traders said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said meat processors […] Read more

CME December 2023 lean hogs with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

U.S. livestock: CME hog, cattle futures decline

Pigs seen bulking up on new-crop corn

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange livestock markets weakened on Monday, with lean hog futures nearing their lowest price in more than four months. Concerns about lacklustre demand for U.S. pork continued to hang over the market, analysts said. Seasonally, hog futures also tend to decline around this time of year as pigs fatten […] Read more