Live cattle are extending the week’s gains, as contracts are up 17 to 50 cents at midday. Cash action has been quiet this week. The Central Stockyards Fed Cattle Exchange saw no sales on the 1,352 head...
Lean hogs are mixed on Wednesday, with June down 70 cents, with other contracts slightly above unch. USDA’s National Average Base Hog negotiated price was up $1.17 from the Tuesday afternoon print at...
Livestock futures gain ground in Tuesday’s trade, will they see follow through today?
Live cattle closed the Tuesday session with $1.60 to $2.72 gains, as boxed beef rallied for a second consecutive day. Cash action was mostly compiling showlists early this week. Last week was mixed, with...
Lean hogs saw some gains to round up the Tuesday session, up 7 to 87 cents across the board. USDA’s National Average Base Hog negotiated price was up $1.05 in the Tuesday afternoon print at $90.83. The...
Live cattle closed the Tuesday session with $1.60 to $2.72 gains, as boxed beef rallied for a second consecutive day. Cash action was mostly compiling showlists early this week. Last week was mixed, with...
Lean hogs saw some gains to round up the Tuesday session, up 7 to 87 cents across the board. USDA’s National Average Base Hog negotiated price was up $1.05 in the Tuesday afternoon print at $90.83. The...
Polar opposites in the basis of fats and feeders. In fats, it's $9.00 positive and in the feeders $14.00 negative. How is buying feeder cattle futures at a premium and selling fat futures at a discount...
The annual grilling season, when beef and pork demand tend to peak, begins in a few short weeks at the end of May on the Memorial Day weekend. Cattle prices remain near record highs, and hog futures have...