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CME August 2022 lean hogs (candlesticks) with 20-day moving average (pink line) and CME lean hog index (black line). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hog futures climb, following cash markets

CME live cattle inch up in lacklustre trade

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures closed higher on Wednesday, supported by firm cash markets tied to tight supplies of hogs, traders said. Hot weather in the U.S. midsection added support, posing potential disruptions to the transport of animals. CME August lean hog futures settled 2.05 cents higher at 114.875 cents/lb. […] Read more
CME October 2022 live cattle (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (pink, red and black lines). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Rising wholesale meat prices lift futures

CME live cattle buck seasonal trends

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Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures ended higher on Tuesday as wholesale beef prices rose, bucking seasonal trends and spurring hopes for higher cash cattle prices this week, traders said. CME August live cattle futures settled up 0.1 cent at 135.725 cents/lb. and most-active October ended up 0.5 cent at 141.1 […] Read more
CME August 2022 live cattle (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (pink, dark red and black lines). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures up on hot spell, firm meat prices

Heat wave lowers animals' rate of gain

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose on Monday on spillover strength from outside markets including Wall Street, as well as firm wholesale beef prices and worries about hot weather stressing cattle in the Plains and Midwest, traders said. CME August live cattle futures settled up 0.7 cent at 135.625 cents/lb., […] Read more
CME August 2022 live cattle (candlesticks) with 10-, 20- and 100-day moving averages (pink, dark red and black lines). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures weak, hogs slightly higher

Futures gain on the week

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures fell for the second day in a row on Friday, with expectations that supplies will outstrip demand in the coming months. The most-active August live cattle futures dropped 0.475 cent to settle at 134.925 cents/lb. (all figures US$). The contract fell below its 10-day moving average […] Read more
CME August 2022 live cattle (candlesticks) with 20-, 100- and 200-day moving averages (pink, dark red and black lines). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures weaken on profit-taking

Hogs fall on technical setback

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures fell on Thursday on a round of profit-taking after three straight days of gains, traders said. Signs of weakness in the cash market also weighed on cattle futures. The front-month feeder cattle contract was setting back from its highest since November 2015. Hog futures fell on […] Read more
CME August 2022 feeder cattle (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (pink, red and black lines). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle rally to highest since November 2015

August live cattle, lean hogs also up

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile exchange cattle futures extended gains on Wednesday on follow-through technical buying after rallying in the previous two sessions. Tight supplies remained in focus as the front-month feeder cattle contract hit its highest on a continuous basis since November 2015. “Big picture, the U.S. Agriculture Department still has sharply reduced […] Read more
CME August 2022 live cattle (candlesticks) with 20-, 100- and 200-day moving averages (pink, red and black lines). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle reach three-week peak

Lean hogs mixed; U.S. Plains heat wave looms

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures hit a three-week high on Tuesday on sinking corn feed prices and concerns that hot, dry weather at central and southern Plains feedlots will continue to shrink livestock supplies, traders said. Technical buying further fueled the gains as cattle markets advanced despite broad-based selling across […] Read more
CME August 2022 live cattle (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 200-day moving averages (pink, dark red and black lines). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle jump on cash market premiums

Feeder cattle firm, lean hogs mixed

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts firmed on Monday on technical buying and support from the premium of cash market prices to the actively traded front-month futures contract. Live cattle drew further support from firm beef prices and gains in feeder cattle futures. “Live cattle were up on the strong cash […] Read more
A Savoye X-PTS shuttle. Scott Technology has had a joint venture agreement in place with Savoye since 2020 to use Savoye automated carton storage and retrieval systems in Scott material handling systems. Scott said it also plans to use the Savoye system in its project for JBS at Brooks. (ScottAutomation.com)
Beef Cattle, Livestock, Machinery

JBS to automate beef warehousing at Brooks

Packer to replace current fully manual system

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International meat packer JBS has enlisted a major robotics and automation company to overhaul the warehousing system at one of Canada’s biggest beef plants. JBS Foods Canada on Friday announced a $71 million project in partnership with New Zealand-based Scott Technology, to design and build a system that can handle and store up to 85,000 […] Read more
CME August 2022 live cattle (candlesticks) with 20- and 100-day moving averages (pink and black lines). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, feeder cattle slump

Deferred-month lean hogs up

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures eased on Friday as brokers said steady-to-lower cash prices were seen as disappointing. Feeder cattle futures also finished weaker, under pressure from climbing prices of grain used for livestock feed, brokers said. Traders kept an eye on the cash market, where prices are trading at […] Read more

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