Alberta packers were buying fed cattle in the range of $128-$130 this past week — the lowest levels since December 2013 and down nearly $18 from a month ago. Weekly […] Read more
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Klassen: Feeder market drops on fed cattle weakness
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle gain again, hogs drift lower
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Monday rose for a second straight session, helped by more short-covering and technical buying after some contracts punched through […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle snap back on short-covering
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Friday shrugged off Thursday’s losses, with October up the three-cents/lb. daily price limit on short-covering and technical buying, traders […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle stumble on weaker cash, beef quotes
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished lower on Thursday in response to the day’s fallen cash and wholesale beef prices, traders said. October live cattle […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Bargain buying rallies CME live cattle, hogs
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Wednesday posted their biggest daily gain in a month, fueled by short-covering and bargain buying after recent market losses, […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Live cattle losses deepen on supply woes, weak beef prices
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures declined more than two per cent on Tuesday, nearing their lowest levels in six years on pressure from big supplies of cattle […] Read more
Klassen: Feeder market softens
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, goes the old proverb, and there is no greater example than in the cattle complex. Placid feedlot operators watched in dismay as fed cattle […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Live cattle tumble to five-year lows on beef declines
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures fell to five-year lows on Friday, capping their worst weekly performance so far of 2016 in a technical selloff linked to bigger […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Supply woes drag live cattle to five-year low
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures slumped on Thursday to their lowest level in five years following this week’s weaker cash prices on anticipation of increased […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Bearish fundamentals halt CME live cattle rally
Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures ended lower on Wednesday following softer wholesale beef values and this week’s disappointing cash prices, traders said. The thinly traded […] Read more