Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange ended lower on Friday in a profit-taking setback from two-month highs amid worries about inflation curbing consumer demand […] Read more
Beef cattle
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle retreat off two-month high
U.S. cattle on feed up two per cent; Chicago lean hogs end higher
U.S. extends COVID vaccine requirements for non-citizens at land borders
U.S. agribusinesses still seeking exemptions for cross-border truckers
Washington | Reuters — The United States government said Thursday it’s extending a requirement that non-U.S. citizens crossing land or ferry terminals at the U.S.-Canada and U.S.-Mexico borders must be […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle hit two-month peak
Rising cash markets support cattle; hogs down for third straight session
Chicago | Reuters –– Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange jumped to a two-month high on Thursday, led by firming cash cattle markets and optimism about a seasonal […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle near two-month high
Cash cattle market firms; hog futures lower
Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange hit their highest in nearly two months on Wednesday, led by firming prices for market-ready cattle in the […] Read more
Klassen: Yearling prices soften but calves drop sharply
Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices unchanged to $4 lower on average while calves were down $4 to as much as $8 in some cases. The steer-heifer spread […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME hog futures backpedal off April high
Chicago cattle futures up
Chicago | Reuters — Profit-taking weighed on Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures on Tuesday after prices leapt to their highest price this month, traders said. Most-active June lean hogs […] Read more
Opinion: Is greed driving the beef industry to a legal showdown?
When it comes to price-fixing, the U.S. acts. Canada, not so much
A Quebec-based group is leading a class-action lawsuit aimed at major federally licensed beef packers. Cargill, JBS Foods, Tyson Foods and National Beef Packing are all accused of colluding and […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME hog futures top two-week high
Chicago cattle futures ease
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rallied to their highest price in more than two weeks on Monday, while live cattle and feeder cattle futures weakened. […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures end lower, hogs higher
Cattle end up off session lows
Chicago | Reuters — Benchmark live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange fell on Thursday as traders booked profits after a three-session climb and ahead of a long holiday […] Read more
CEOs of four large U.S. meatpackers to testify in Congressional hearing
Beef prices up for consumers, down for ranchers
Washington | Reuters — The chief executives of U.S. meatpackers Cargill, Tyson Foods, JBS and National Beef Packing have agreed to testify at a Congressional hearing discussing cattle markets and […] Read more