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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME lean hog, live cattle futures end mostly lower

By Julie Ingwersen September 28, 2024

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures closed mostly lower on Friday, pressured by government data showing the U.S. hog herd expended two per cent during the last quarter as well as worries about a potential strike at U.S. ports next week, analysts said. Some 45,000 union workers could walk off the […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle fall amid fears over labour market

By Heather Schlitz September 6, 2024

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and feeder cattle futures fell on Friday on a dip in equities markets, slowing momentum in the labour market and a weak cash cattle trade, analysts said. Lean hog futures also fell as industry players anticipated a large supply of heavy hogs to hit the market […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle fall as consumers opt for cheaper meats

By Heather Schlitz September 5, 2024

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle and feeder cattle futures fell on Thursday on renewed worries over inflation-hit consumers’ ability to purchase pricy cuts of meat, traders said. Hog futures also fell on a seasonal lull in prices and a strong supply of heavy hogs. Beef and pork demand has eased […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle dip on weak cash market, rising corn prices

By Heather Schlitz September 4, 2024

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle and feeder cattle futures fell on Wednesday following recent weakness in cash prices and as corn prices sustained a small rally, traders said. Traders also monitored U.S. beef demand. Demand for beef typically weakens after Labor Day, which is considered the last major grilling holiday […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, lean hog futures turn higher as wholesale prices firm

By P.J. Huffstutter September 3, 2024

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) livestock futures turned higher on Tuesday, as wholesale prices firmed and the slaughter pace temporarily shrank as some plants shuttered over the holiday weekend, analysts said. Strong boxed beef prices continued to underpin cattle markets, traders said. Select boxed beef prices rose on Tuesday morning, with prices […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner, Columns, Markets

Beef demand made seasonal highs in July

The Markets: Cattle markets have started to grind lower, but the feeder market has held

By Jerry Klassen August 20, 2024

The beef market appears to have made a seasonal high during the first week of July. Wholesale choice beef prices reached up to US$329/cwt during the week ending July 6 before fading to US$319/cwt during the third week of July. Weaker wholesale values have resulted in lower U.S. fed cattle values. During the first week […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle fall on rallying corn prices

By Heather Schlitz August 12, 2024

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures turned lower on Monday as corn futures rallied following the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s supply and demand report that lowered corn ending stocks, traders said. Meanwhile, hog futures were mixed as bargain buying counterbalanced seasonal price pressure. CME most-active October feeder cattle FCU24 closed down 2.05 cents at […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures surge on cash market, GDP data

By Renee Hickman July 25, 2024

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures climbed on Thursday, as prices in the cash market rose and signs of strength appeared in the U.S. economy, market analysts said. At one point during the session, the most-active October live cattle futures contract LCV24 surged up to 189.050 cents per pound – the highest price […] Read more

File photo of cattle on feed near Champion, Alta., about 75 km north of Lethbridge. (James_Gabbert/iStock/Getty Images)

Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner, Markets

Tighter fed cattle supplies support feeder market

U.S. beef producers are not yet holding back enough heifers for expansion

By Jerry Klassen July 9, 2024

During the first week of June, Alberta packers were buying fed cattle on a live basis at $261 per hundredweight, f.o.b, feedlot in southern Alberta, up $4/cwt from a month earlier. Market-ready supplies of fed cattle were sharply above year-ago levels earlier in winter, but the backlog has slowly been alleviated through the spring period. […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs rally after contract lows; cattle futures jump

By Tom Polansek June 14, 2024

Chicago | Reuters – Lean hog futures rallied at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Friday after falling earlier to contract lows under pressure from increased U.S. production. Cattle futures also climbed. A rise in wholesale prices for U.S. pork helped trigger the turnaround in hogs, analysts said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture priced the pork carcass cutout […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: CME lean hog, live cattle futures end mostly lower

U.S. livestock: CME cattle fall amid fears over labour market

U.S. livestock: CME cattle fall as consumers opt for cheaper meats

U.S. livestock: CME cattle dip on weak cash market, rising corn prices

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, lean hog futures turn higher as wholesale prices firm

Beef demand made seasonal highs in July

U.S. livestock: CME cattle fall on rallying corn prices

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures surge on cash market, GDP data

Tighter fed cattle supplies support feeder market

U.S. livestock: CME hogs rally after contract lows; cattle futures jump

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