{"id":205170,"date":"2025-05-28T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/uncategorized\/bulls-run-on-live-cattle-futures\/"},"modified":"2025-05-29T11:04:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T11:04:04","slug":"bulls-run-on-live-cattle-futures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.eu\/campus\/traders-insight\/securities\/futures\/bulls-run-on-live-cattle-futures\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulls Run on Live Cattle Futures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prices of live cattle futures have been soaring recently, as tight supply and healthy demand continue to push sentiment into bullish territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cost of the continuous live cattle futures contract (LE) Tuesday remained at a nosebleed level of $210.475, essentially unchanged from the prior trade date, according to the IBKR Trader Workstation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1358\" height=\"763\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Picture1-2.jpg\" alt=\"The cost of the continuous live cattle futures contract (LE) Tuesday remained at a nosebleed level of $210.475, essentially unchanged from the prior trade date, according to the IBKR Trader Workstation.\" class=\"wp-image-205174 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Picture1-2.jpg 1358w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Picture1-2-700x393.jpg 700w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Picture1-2-1100x618.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Picture1-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Picture1-2-768x432.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1358px) 100vw, 1358px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1358px; aspect-ratio: 1358\/763;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Source: IBKR TWS. Past performance is not indicative of future results.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-where-s-the-beef\"><strong>Where\u2019s the Beef?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The activity falls at the heels of depressed cattle inventory, amid <a href=\"https:\/\/droughtmonitor.unl.edu\/\">prolonged droughts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fred.stlouisfed.org\/series\/WPS029\">high feed costs<\/a>, and generally <a href=\"https:\/\/m.farms.com\/news\/pastureland-values-and-cash-rental-rates-continue-upward-trend-into-2025-226438.aspx\">higher prices for pasturelands<\/a>, which have compelled many producers to cull herds and delay rebuilding efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Department of Agriculture\u2019s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) counted 86.7 million head of cattle and calves on U.S. farms as of the start of January 2025, a drop of 1% from the prior year, and reportedly the lowest trough since 1951.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Furthermore, a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/ers.usda.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/_laserfiche\/outlooks\/112616\/LDP-M-371.pdf?v=58165\">USDA-imposed ban<\/a> on live cattle imports from Mexico \u2013 due to the continued and rapid spread of the New World Screwworm (NWS) \u2013 has also been contributing to a dimmer outlook on inventories and beef production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Consequently, the USDA said it expects roughly 277 million fewer pounds of beef than previously estimated for 2025, amounting to around 26.42 billion pounds. This drop not only represents a 2% decline from the prior year, but the agency also anticipates another 5% plunge from this level in 2026, which would mark the fourth consecutive year of lower production volumes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-producers-get-put-through-the-grinder\"><strong>Producers Get Put Through the Grinder<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usda.gov\/oce\/commodity\/wasde\/wasde0525v2.pdf\">demand for beef<\/a> seems to remain fairly resilient, and with supply tight, and exports falling, ensuing higher producer prices are placing a financial burden on U.S. meat producers like Tyson Foods, Inc (NYSE: TSN) and Hormel Foods Corp (NYSE: HRL). &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2140\" height=\"753\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Picture3-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-205173 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Picture3-5.png 2140w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Picture3-5-700x246.png 700w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Picture3-5-1100x387.png 1100w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Picture3-5-300x106.png 300w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Picture3-5-768x270.png 768w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Picture3-5-1536x540.png 1536w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Picture3-5-2048x721.png 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2140px) 100vw, 2140px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2140px; aspect-ratio: 2140\/753;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Past performance is not indicative of future results<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tyson, for example, lost $181 million in the first half of 2025 in its beef segment, with its Chief Supply Chain Officer Brady Stewart commenting on the company\u2019s recent second-quarter 2025 earnings call that \u201cbeef is experiencing the most challenging market conditions we&#8217;ve ever seen\u201d. He cautioned that additional uncertainties pose added pressures on the industry given recent government-levied \u201ctariffs and consumer pressure and inflation that we\u2019re seeing in the marketplace\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1117\" height=\"393\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Picture4-4.png\" alt=\"Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Meats, Poultry, Fish and Eggs in US City Average\" class=\"wp-image-205172 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Picture4-4.png 1117w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Picture4-4-700x246.png 700w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Picture4-4-1100x387.png 1100w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Picture4-4-300x106.png 300w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Picture4-4-768x270.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1117px) 100vw, 1117px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1117px; aspect-ratio: 1117\/393;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Past performance is not indicative of future results<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Against this backdrop, Tyson said it anticipates an adjusted operating loss of between $(0.4) billion and $(0.2) billion in fiscal 2025 in its beef segment \u2013 even as it hikes its costs to consumers amid \u201congoing healthy demand\u201d and higher year-over-year cattle costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shares of Tyson shed roughly 0.30% on the day Tuesday to $55.37 and have sunk more than 4.15% year-over-year, while industry peer Hormel\u2019s stock has plummeted nearly 14% over the past year to $29.86.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1098\" height=\"617\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Picture5-1.jpg\" alt=\"Shares of Tyson shed roughly 0.30% on the day Tuesday to $55.37 and have sunk more than 4.15% year-over-year, while industry peer Hormel\u2019s stock has plummeted nearly 14% over the past year to $29.86.\" class=\"wp-image-205171 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Picture5-1.jpg 1098w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Picture5-1-700x393.jpg 700w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Picture5-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Picture5-1-768x432.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1098px) 100vw, 1098px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1098px; aspect-ratio: 1098\/617;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Source: IBKR TWS. Past performance is not indicative of future results.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-outlook\"><strong>Outlook<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Signals in the live cattle futures market appear to continue pointing towards bullish sentiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of May 20, 2025, speculators increased their net long positions in live cattle futures contracts to 152,950, while producers upped their net short positions slightly to 180,581, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cftc.gov\/dea\/futures\/ag_lf.htm\">CFTC\u2019s Commitments of Traders (COT) Report<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Total open interest amounted to around 398,324 contracts for May 23, 2025, a slight uptick from 396,840 on the previous trade date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Given this picture, it\u2019s likely new capital is entering the market, as open interest continues to climb, albeit on lower volumes. The activity might also be a confirmation that the rally is backed by fresh buying rather than simply short covering \u2013 potentially a healthy sign of trend continuation \u2013 and momentum \u2013 especially when pitted with higher prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more in-depth details on live cattle futures contracts, as well as other agricultural products, including corn, soybeans, and Chicago wheat, explore CME Market Pulse. This tool offers timely, AI-powered insights into futures markets, providing updates daily, including settlement prices, daily changes, highs and lows, and year-over-year comparisons \u2013 helping traders and investors make more informed decisions by highlighting significant market movements and trends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And for those looking to learn the essentials of what agricultural commodities are, how they\u2019re traded, and the types of participants active in the markets, take our Traders\u2019 Academy course \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.eu\/campus\/trading-course\/investing-in-agricultural-commodities\/\">Investing in Agricultural Commodities\u2019<\/a>, where we also provide insights into the major risks these products face, and official reports that can provide some ways to anticipate and generally mitigate them. 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