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CME August 2021 live cattle (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle ease as cash market diverges

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures eased for a third session on Friday as futures markets tried to read conflicting cash markets, traders said. “We have the (U.S.) south backed up on cattle, trying to get cattle moved through,” said Scott Varilek, broker at Kooima Kooima Varilek Trading Inc. “There’s tighter

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Cattle auctions slow down for summer

Some auctions are anticipating an early return if dry conditions continue

By Adam Peleshaty – MarketsFarm July 9, 2021

Entering July, some Manitoba cattle auction sites either are or will soon take their summer break. But continuing drought-like conditions may increase selling demand for cattle producers and auction sites could see their summer vacation be shorter than normal. “We had our last regular sale for the summer break here (on June 29),” said Tyler

CME August 2021 live cattle (candlesticks) with 100-day moving average (red line) and August 2021 lean hogs (pink open/high/low/close). (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle ease as beef demand cools

CME lean hog futures mostly firm

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek July 8, 2021

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures dropped for a second day, following U.S. boxed beef prices lower as seasonal demand cools. “You’re still seeing boxed beef pull back, which is normal, seasonally,” said Matthew Wiegand, Risk Management Consultant at FuturesOne. “We’re past the Fourth of July — we don’t have a

CME August 2021 live cattle (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (pink, brown and dark red lines). (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures, boxed beef prices drop

Average hog weights down on week

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek July 7, 2021

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures approached a four-week low on Wednesday as U.S. beef prices declined. The drop in futures extended a four per cent setback from a contract high that most-active August live cattle reached last month. Prices for beef shipped to wholesale buyers in large boxes have also

CME August 2021 feeder cattle (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (pink, brown and dark red lines). (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle futures jump as grain costs tumble

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek July 7, 2021

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures climbed on Tuesday as a steep slide in grain prices made animal feed costs look cheaper, traders said. Traders are keeping a close eye on the grain markets after supply fears drove prices to eight-year highs during the spring. Corn and soy futures surged last

Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market calm but firm

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen July 6, 2021

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle prices were unchanged. Most auction markets were closed due to Canada Day. It’s been a busy spring period; there is no doubt about it. Pastures are quickly deteriorating under the intense heat and many ranchers will sell yearlings 30-45 days sooner than normal. The good news is

Smoke rises from a wildfire over a hill at Kamloops, B.C. on July 1, 2021, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. (Nicole Ritter via Reuters)

Livestock, Weather

B.C. presses for ranchers to register before wildfires hit

Premises ID helps protect livestock in emergencies, province says

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News July 3, 2021

British Columbia’s provincial ag ministry hopes to shore up ranchers’ participation in the Premises Identification program against the risk of further wildfires this year. About two-thirds, or 5,200, of B.C.’s non-supply managed livestock producers, and all the supply-managed dairy cattle and poultry premises in the province, are registered in the program, the province said Wednesday.

CME August 2021 lean hogs (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (pink, brown and black lines) and August 2021 live cattle (dark red line). (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Lean hog futures ease on China demand worries

CME August live cattle down

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek July 3, 2021

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures weakened in the two most-active contract months on Friday as traders continued to dial in expectations for waning Chinese demand, analysts said. China, the world’s biggest pork consumer, has sought to rebuild its hog herd after it was decimated by an outbreak of the deadly pig

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Hogs drop as domestic, export demand seen weak

CME August cattle futures up

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub July 2, 2021

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures fell sharply on Thursday as traders priced in expectations for waning demand after the U.S. Independence Day holiday this weekend. Signs of poor demand from China, which has been a big buyer of U.S. pork since an outbreak of African swine fever decimated production in the

CME August 2021 lean hogs (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2) and August 2021 live cattle (dark red line). (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs retreat from one-week high

CME August live cattle up, feeders lower

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek June 30, 2021

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures ended lower on Wednesday in a retreat from early gains in which the most-active contract topped a one-week high. Traders watched a rally in grain prices that makes it more expensive to feed livestock. Corn and soy futures soared at the Chicago Board of Trade

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Cow-calf

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle ease as cash market diverges

Cattle auctions slow down for summer

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle ease as beef demand cools

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures, boxed beef prices drop

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle futures jump as grain costs tumble

Klassen: Feeder market calm but firm

B.C. presses for ranchers to register before wildfires hit

U.S. livestock: Lean hog futures ease on China demand worries

U.S. livestock: Hogs drop as domestic, export demand seen weak

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs retreat from one-week high

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