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Klassen: Weaker feed grains drive feeder market higher

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen August 11, 2020

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearlings traded $2-$4 higher. This was the first week of the fall yearling run with larger groups of quality packages and there was no shortage of buying enthusiasm. Heavier yearlings were readily trading at 52-week highs. Feed barley prices collapsed in southern Alberta as the harvest started in the

CME October 2020 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Live cattle up on cash market strength

Lean hog weights 'coming down a little bit'

By GFM Network News August 10, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures gained on Monday, as the cash market strengthened and packers looked to pickup slaughter rates, brokers said. Feeder cattle also gained, while lean hog futures added as producers looked to offload market-weight animals early to reduce feed costs. CME October live cattle added 0.7 cent

CME October 2020 lean hogs with 20- and 50-day moving averages and Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rise on good cash market demand

October live cattle close lower

By GFM Network News, Reuters August 7, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures rose on Friday on signs of strength in the cash market after prices had stagnated, traders said. “Recent price weakness uncovered fresh demand, triggering buying on the board this morning that tripped buy stops, accelerating gains,” StoneX chief commodities economist Arlan Suderman wrote in a note

CBOT October 2020 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures fall after bearish export reports

By GFM Network News, Reuters August 7, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog and cattle futures fell on Thursday, pressured by signs of declining export demand for U.S. supplies. The U.S Agriculture Department on Thursday morning said that beef export sales totaled 15,100 tonnes in the week ended July 30, down 50.8 per cent from the 30,700 tonnes reported a

CME October 2020 live cattle with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures steady as investors eye supplies

October lean hogs close higher

By GFM Network News, Reuters August 5, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures steadied on Wednesday, with investors unwilling to push the market above recent highs due to plentiful supplies. Some producer hedging also was noted, traders said. “Everybody is a little too bulled up,” said Larry Hicks at Cattlehedging.com. “Everybody thinks we have worked through the supplies and we have

CME August 2020 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures snap winning streak on profit-taking

By GFM Network News, Reuters August 5, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures weakened on Tuesday, snapping a five-session streak of gains, as traders took some risk off the table. Hog futures were slightly firmer. Investors shrugged off signs of strength in the cash cattle markets, concerned that the streak that pushed the October contract to a five-month high had

Livestock

Alberta loosens animal slaughter rules after pandemic hit packers

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel July 29, 2020

Reuters – Canada’s main cattle-producing province, Alberta, said on Wednesday it would allow the slaughter of animals on farms for meat sales to consumers, loosening regulations after the coronavirus pandemic interrupted production at its biggest packing plants. Alberta previously restricted the consumption of meat from animals slaughtered outside of government-inspected plants to farmers and their

Pinkeye, or keratoconjunctivitis, is an infectious disease in  cattle that costs producers money in several ways.

Beef cattle, Livestock

Pinkeye in cattle can be costly

Producers should take a holistic approach that begins with preventing its spread

By North Dakota State University July 29, 2020

Pinkeye, or keratoconjunctivitis, is an infectious disease of cattle that costs producers money in several ways. “These include increased labour, cost of antibiotics, decreased weaning weights and decreased price paid at market for animals with scarred eyes,” says Gerald Stokka, North Dakota State University Extension veterinarian and livestock stewardship specialist. One study shows that calves affected with pinkeye

CME August 2020 live cattle with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures gain, fall short on the week

Lean hogs slip after three days' gains

By GFM Network News July 24, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures gained on Friday, after four consecutive days of declines, as traders anticipated the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle on Feed report. Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) August live cattle futures settled up 0.475 cent at 101.325 cents/lb. and October live cattle added 0.5 cent to close at

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures ease, demand picture foggy

Hogs up on firmer cash, pork prices

By GFM Network News July 23, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures fell again Thursday, the fourth consecutive step back after reaching a high not seen since early March. “The rally last week was kind of counter-seasonal. You typically don’t rally the cattle in late July, early August, in the dog days of summer,” said Jeff French, an analyst

Daily Network News

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Klassen: Weaker feed grains drive feeder market higher

U.S. livestock: Live cattle up on cash market strength

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rise on good cash market demand

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures fall after bearish export reports

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures steady as investors eye supplies

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures snap winning streak on profit-taking

Alberta loosens animal slaughter rules after pandemic hit packers

Pinkeye in cattle can be costly

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures gain, fall short on the week

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures ease, demand picture foggy

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