Livestock
Reading Time: < 1 minute Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were mixed on Tuesday, seeing continued strength in the front months at the close while edging lower in the more deferred contracts.
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures mixed Tuesday
Klassen: Feeder cattle market jumps back to historical highs
Reading Time: 2 minutes For the week ending March 15, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $8-$12 higher compared to seven days earlier. Prices fully recovered from the prior week with values quoted at or near historical highs. Finishing feedlots were aggressive across all weight categories due to strength in the nearby and deferred live cattle futures. Once again, […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle, hog futures see strong start to week
Reading Time: < 1 minute Both live and feeder cattle futures made healthy gains to start the trading week at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, and boxed beef continued to climb on strong consumer demand.
US reports first outbreak of deadly H7N9 bird flu since 2017
Reading Time: < 1 minute The United States reported the first outbreak of the deadly H7N9 bird flu on a poultry farm since 2017, as the country continues to grapple with another bird flu strain that has infected humans and caused egg prices to hit record highs.
U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle rise as producers rush to buy
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago feeder cattle futures made gains on Friday as producers snap up cattle.
U.S. livestock: Hogs down, cattle mixed
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago lean hog contracts were down on Thursday, while cattle were mixed.
Feed grains weekly: Looming tariffs scaring away demand
Feed market is ‘wait and see’ says broker
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ongoing tariff uncertainty continues to curtail demand in the feed sector across the Canadian Prairies, said broker Evan Peterson of JGL Commodities in Saskatoon.
U.S. livestock: Live cattle make gains but show signs of resistance
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago cattle futures climbed on Wednesday while all but the most nearby lean hogs also made small gains.
Tariffs make pork business more complicated, Smithfield Foods CEO says
Exports to China, imports of Canadian weanlings caught in tariff crossfire
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tariffs make it more complicated for Smithfield Foods, the biggest U.S. pork processor, to sell all parts of a pig, CEO Shane Smith said on Wednesday, and may disrupt imports of Canadian weanlings.
U.S. livestock: Cattle mixed, hogs down as USDA updates supply/demand numbers
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago mercantile exchange cattle ended mixed on Tuesday as the USDA raised its beef production forecast.
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