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Klassen: Light volumes characterize feeder market

By Jerry Klassen July 2, 2024

For the week ending June 29, Western Canadian yearling and calf markets were unchanged from seven days earlier. Many auction barns are in holiday mode and volumes were light, making the market hard to define. Late blooming stragglers and off grade calves were common.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures lower, hogs higher, on month-end positioning

Flooding in Midwest provides some support for hogs as roads, rail lines washed out around processors

By P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters June 28, 2024

Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures turned lower on Friday on technical trading, month-end positioning and ongoing concerns that high retail beef prices could chill consumer demand later this summer, traders said.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hog futures turn lower ahead of USDA hog-pig report

By P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters June 27, 2024

Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures turned lower on Thursday, ahead of a quarterly government report that many traders had predicted would show that U.S. farmers had a slightly larger hog herd, traders said.

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Korean beef: similar feed, but much more marbling

Better Bunks and Pastures: Hanwoo cattle are finished to higher weights than most Canadian cattle, with similar daily gains

By Peter Vitti June 27, 2024

I am going to take a month off from my regular routine. Rather than discuss the latest in Canadian beef nutrition, I am going to examine a new beef experience, almost 10,000 km west of Winnipeg, at the outskirts of Naju City in South Korea. In short order, my girlfriend and I took a two-week […] Read more

Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Livestock futures turn higher on technical trading, Midwest floods

By P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters June 26, 2024

Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures turned higher on Wednesday as fund investors adjusted their positions and sought short-covering, even as many contracts set new lows for a second trading day, traders said.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs set contract lows as traders await US herd data

By Reuters, Tom Polansek June 25, 2024

Analysts surveyed by Reuters project that quarterly USDA data will show the herd on June 1 was about 0.8 per cent bigger than a year earlier and that the number of pigs per litter was up 2.3 per cent in the March-May period.

File photo of cattle on pasture northeast of Calgary. (James_Gabbert/iStock/Getty Images)

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Klassen: Canadian heifer retention tightening feeder supply

By Jerry Klassen June 25, 2024

Alberta and Saskatchewan heifer placements in the lighter weight categories are down from year-ago levels. Comments from ranchers and order buyers suggest that Western Canadian ranchers are holding back on heifers to expand the herd. This usually results in a narrowing of the steer/heifer spread.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Nearby cattle futures rise on strong demand

By P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters June 24, 2024

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) nearby cattle future contracts turned higher on Monday as stronger-than-expected domestic seasonal demand and firm prices in the cash market gave futures a boost, market analysts said.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle lower, live cattle mixed ahead of surprising USDA report

By P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters June 21, 2024

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) feeder cattle futures turned lower and live cattle were mixed on Friday, as traders squared positions ahead of a closely-watched monthly feedlot report and anticipated smaller cattle placements, traders said.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures mixed, lean hogs lower on signs of cooling economy

By P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters June 20, 2024

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures were mixed on Thursday, with nearby live cattle contracts ticking higher amid signs of strength in the cash market and consumer demand staying firm, market analysts said.

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

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U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

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Klassen: Light volumes characterize feeder market

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures lower, hogs higher, on month-end positioning

U.S. livestock: Hog futures turn lower ahead of USDA hog-pig report

Korean beef: similar feed, but much more marbling

U.S. livestock: Livestock futures turn higher on technical trading, Midwest floods

U.S. livestock: Hogs set contract lows as traders await US herd data

Klassen: Canadian heifer retention tightening feeder supply

U.S. livestock: Nearby cattle futures rise on strong demand

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle lower, live cattle mixed ahead of surprising USDA report

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures mixed, lean hogs lower on signs of cooling economy

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