Archive for Industry News
Cattle Market Summary: Up & Down Start to Fall
The unofficial start of fall began with a bang as CME cattle futures started the week sharply higher and well-advertised feeder cattle specials sparked market watchers. But, excitement soon started to fade as Corn Belt feeders started accepting slightly lower […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We Have A Pulse
3 Minutes: Uncertain Fall Ahead
Cattle Market Summary: Tale of Two Similar Weeks
This week the cattle market trended very similar to last week, just not as dramatic. Prices started out much lower with no support in sight and then mid-to-late week support came from nowhere and made the industry believe that there […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
3 Minutes: North vs South
3 Minutes: Back to the Basics
3 Minutes: Recovery?
Cattle Market Summary: Wreck to Recovery Week
The only thing worse than the way the cattle market ended last week was the way it started out this week. The stock market correction continued on Monday with the DJIA down over 1000 points at one point on Monday. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
3 Minutes: Hoping for a Bounce
3 Minutes: “Bloodbath”
Cattle Market Summary: Disastrous Week
Cattle markets opened the week still reeling from the prior mid-morning Friday announcement that Tyson would close its Denison, IA beef plant. Unfortunately, there was no bullish news to offset this setback and in fact the atmosphere turned even more […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
3 Minutes: Too Early for a Free Fall
3 Minutes: Bulls Lacking in Cattle Market
3 Minutes: Chain Speeds So Slow They Finally Stopped, At One Major Beef Plant
Cattle Market Summary: More Corn Less Cattle
For a lazy late-summer week that opened very quietly, news affecting commercial cattle markets became tumultuous later in the week. Wednesday’s USDA Crop Report was extremely bearish and came as quite a shock to the agriculture industry. The continuation of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
3 Minutes: Grizzly Crop Report
3 Minutes: Beef’s Higher, In the Box and on the Hoof
3 Minutes: Week of Recovery
Cattle Market Summary: Time to Take Advantage of the Last of the Tight Supplies
Cattle markets opened this past week with renewed confidence and solid footing after summertime lows were likely reached the previous week on cash fed cattle prices and boxed beef cut-out values. CME cattle futures showed support as both Live and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…