Beef

Live cattle futures finishing lower

Oliver Sloup
December 7, 2017
Cattle futures finished the day lower for the fifth consecutive.

More rice, more problems

Jack Scoville
May 21, 2015

Futures were lower as the U.S.

Traders looking at a side of pork

Rich Nelson
May 19, 2015
The World Trade Organization again sided with Canada and Mexico in their complaint against our Country of Origin Labeling law.

This piggy went to market

Megan Durisin, Bloomberg
February 3, 2015
In the U.S., the country that made the hamburger a global icon of American fast-food cuisine, beef is about to fall another spot on the meat scale.

Pork takes news poorly

Allendale Inc.
August 13, 2014
One of the discouraging issues regarding this week’s change in supply is just how poorly the cash pork market is taking it.

Even the meats suffer from Russian sanctions

Allendale Inc.
August 6, 2014
In both pork and beef, these increasing tensions with Russia are a concern.

Cattle higher as beef profit spurs buying; hogs decline

Dalton Barker, Bloomberg
October 29, 2013
Cattle futures rose for the fourth session on signs that rising demand for U.S. beef is boosting profit margins for meat processors.

Cattle bounces off support amid short covering rally

Marc Nemenoff
February 15, 2013
Yesterday Apr. Live Cattle came close to testing support in the 127.00 area posting a low of 127.60 before the market experienced a 225 point short covering rally.

Cattle disappearing amid drought signals beef rally

Elizabeth Campbell, Bloomberg
February 14, 2013
The worst U.S. drought since the 1930s is shrinking a cattle herd that’s already the smallest since 1952 and signaling tighter beef supplies and higher costs for restaurant owners.

Cattle climb as U.S. herd declines to 61-year low

Elizabeth Campbell, Bloomberg
February 4, 2013
Cattle futures rose for the first time in a week after a government report showed the size of the U.S. herd fell to 61-year low, signaling tightening beef supplies. Hog prices dropped.