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Live cattle futures and options are traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), which introduced live cattle futures contracts in 1964. [6] Contract prices are quoted in U.S. cents per pound. Minimum tick size for the contract is $0.025 per pound ($10 per contract).
The minimum tick size for the contract is $0.00025 per pound ($12.50 per contract). Trading on the contract are subject to price limits of $0.045 per pound above or below the previous day's contract settlement price.
U.S. retail prices for ground beef hit a record high of $5.67 per pound in September and were a little below that last month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Prices for the hamburger ...
U.S. consumers grappling with soaring inflation face more pain from high beef prices as ranchers are reducing their cattle herds due to drought and lofty feed costs, a decision that will tighten ...
A pound of 100% ground beef chuck cost $5.59 in October, a penny more than in September. Fresh whole chicken went from $1.98 to $1.99 per pound, maintaining the same pricing as January 2024.
A carcass grade (or expected carcass grade) is used to determine selling prices for cull cows, which are estimated to comprise 20% of the beef available to consumers in the United States. [ 1 ] A Body Condition Scoring system or BCS, which is used to grade live cows and bulls, is used to determine the carcass grade. [ 1 ]
All this added only 4d a pound to the carcase price of beef (≅£4.40 a kilo 2018). [103] [104] Scientific American reported that, recently, five cattle-laden steamers had sailed from New York to England in one day. The cattle in this new trade "come principally from Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado". [105]
In the United States, grazing fees are generally charged per AUM (animal unit month). (Some additional fee or fees may be charged in various jurisdictions, e.g. per application.) On US federal grazing land, the grazing fee for 2012 (as for 2011) is $1.35 per AUM. [3] As of 2015, the grazing fee has been increased to $1.69. [3]