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CME June 2022 live cattle (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (pink, dark red and black lines). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME cattle follow broad strength in commodities

June lean hog futures down on day

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Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange rose on Wednesday for a third straight session, buoyed by broad strength in commodities along with firming cash cattle prices, traders said. A blizzard crossing the northern Plains lent support, raising concern about stress on cattle in the Dakotas, but the storm was
CME June 2022 live cattle (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (pink, dark red and black lines). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures climb on firmer cash trade

Lean hogs up on technical buying

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Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed higher on Tuesday on firmer cash cattle prices compared to last week and broad strength in commodities, analysts said. CME June live cattle futures settled up 1.5 cents at 136.3 cents/lb. after touching 136.675 cents, the contract’s highest since April 1 (all
CME June 2022 lean hogs (candlesticks) with 20-day moving average (dark red line) and CME cash lean hog index (pink line). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs, live cattle end higher

May feeder cattle up, August down

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Chicago | Reuters — Lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange inched higher on Monday as technical buying and worries about tightening U.S. hog supplies offset fears of slowing pork export demand and softening cash hog prices, traders said. CME benchmark June lean hogs settled up 0.45 cent at 115.025 cents/lb. (all figures US$).
CME June 2022 live cattle (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME cattle ease on ample supply, flat cash offers

Flat cutout values drag on hogs

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Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange fell on Thursday, pressured by ample cattle supplies that offer little incentive for packers to bid up the cash market. “The supply of market ready cattle is a little less than last year, but it’s still plentiful. It just doesn’t seem like the
CME May 2022 feeder cattle (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (pink, dark red and black lines). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs firm

Futures supported by cash markets

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Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange lifted on Wednesday, supported by cash cattle prices that pulled up nearby futures markets. “We just got below the cash market,” said Alan Brugler, president of Brugler Marketing. “That was an argument to try the long side.” The nearby April live cattle contract
More calves in the first round is a winning formula
Beef cattle, Livestock

More calves in the first round is a winning formula

Research council urges producers to consider the payoff from tightening the calving season

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Glacier FarmMedia – According to experts, the winning numbers in the calving lottery are always the same: 60-25-10-5. And the Beef Cattle Research Council wants producers to test that theory by using its Value of Calving Distribution Calculator. Calving distribution is the percentage of calves born in each 21-day cycle during the calving season (which
Ancillary therapies such as vitamin C and Meloxicam, in conjunction with antibiotics, are suggested by veterinarians to treat BRD, but concrete evidence of their effectiveness is needed, according to a Texas A&M researcher.
Livestock, News

Lots of questions surround ancillary therapies, says researcher

There are enough studies to show vitamin C works, but most therapies need further study

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Glacier FarmMedia – Are ancillary therapies often prescribed by veterinarians to enhance antibiotic treatment of bovine respiratory disease worth the investment? That’s the question Dr. Jenna Funk, a beef cattle veterinarian at Texas A&M posed during a recent presentation. An ancillary therapy is a non-antibiotic product given with an antibiotic to enhance its efficacy. These
CME June 2022 lean hogs (candlesticks) with 20-, and 50-day moving averages (pink and brown lines) and CME cash Lean Hog Index (black line). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME hogs, cattle fall on strong slaughter, profit-taking

Feeder cattle lower as corn rises

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Chicago | Reuters — Lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange fell on Monday on profit taking following last week’s Hogs and Pigs report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. “The overall fundamental is still tight numbers, tight supply created by disease, empty pen spaces, empty buildings,” said Brad Kooima, commodity broker at Kooima

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