Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures closed higher on Tuesday, following as Wall Street charged back from the prior day’s steep losses as the world’s biggest economies moved […] Read more
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U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs follow rebound on Wall Street
Klassen: Extreme variability characterizes feeder market
Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were extremely variable over the past week which made the market hard to define. Compared to last week, yearling prices were quoted $2 to as […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures dive, led by energy, equity markets
CME feeder cattle close limit down
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures fell on Monday for a third straight session and hit life-of-contract lows following a plunge in crude oil and equity markets amid […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle set contract lows
Fears persist that coronavirus will hurt beef demand
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures sank to contract lows on Friday, extending a decline fueled by fears that the global coronavirus outbreak will slow economic growth and reduce […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME cattle retreat on demand worries
Hogs up on hopes for sales to China
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures slid Thursday as the global spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus raised worries about an economic slowdown that could hurt demand for beef. U.S. […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs rise with equities
Livestock futures await export sales data
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. livestock futures strengthened on Wednesday as gains in financial markets helped fuel a recovery from contract lows reached last week in the live cattle market. […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle ease with equities
Chicago lean hogs rise
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures weakened with equities on Tuesday, while hog futures advanced. Moves in the cattle market have nearly mirrored those in equities […] Read more
Klassen: Coronavirus fears weigh on feeder markets
Western Canadian feeder prices were not immune to the meltdown of financial and commodity markets last week. Buyers appeared to incorporate a risk discount due to uncertainty in beef demand […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME cattle rise in recovery from contract lows
Hogs close mixed as China uncertainty looms
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Monday recovered from contract lows reached last week as concerns temporarily eased about the economic impact from the global […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME cattle dive as coronavirus slams global markets
Technical buying limits hogs' losses
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures extended a steep sell-off on Friday on growing worries that the spread of coronavirus would dent global economic growth and […] Read more