Insights and Stories of Theopolis Waters

Rising temperatures heat up U.S. hog futures

Jul. 17, 2013 at 9:07 am CDT

Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures on Tuesday rose in anticipation of hot weather in the U.S. Plains pushing up cash hog prices, traders and analysts said. Hot humid weather tends to slow hog weight gains, resulting in fewer animals available for packers and less fresh pork for grocers. CME’s hog […]

Slumping beef demand weakens U.S. live cattle futures

Jul. 13, 2013 at 1:07 pm CDT

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Most U.S. hog futures slide with cash, pork prices

Jul. 11, 2013 at 4:06 pm CDT

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U.S. hog futures spike, live cattle sag as funds roll

Jul. 10, 2013 at 3:54 pm CDT

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Pork price rebound lifts U.S. hog futures

Jul. 5, 2013 at 3:22 pm CDT

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Piglet virus spreads to North Carolina’s hog farms

Jul. 3, 2013 at 5:19 pm CDT

A swine virus deadly to piglets has been discovered on two hog farms in North Carolina, an official in the No. 2 hog-producing U.S. state said Tuesday. Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) was found at a sow farm, where piglets are born, and at a finishing farm where hogs are […]

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U.S. live cattle, hog futures gain before holiday

Jul. 3, 2013 at 4:23 pm CDT

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures gained modestly before the U.S. Independence Day holiday supported by higher wholesale beef prices, analysts and traders said. CME livestock markets closed at noon CT on Wednesday in advance of the holiday. Markets will reopen on Friday at 9:05 a.m. CT. The U.S. Department […]

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U.S. hog futures slide with pork prices

Jul. 3, 2013 at 3:06 am CDT

Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures on Tuesday slid for a third straight session as lower wholesale pork values stirred profit taking, traders and analysts said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Tuesday evening mandatory wholesale pork price, or cutout, was $106.91 per hundredweight (cwt), $1.50 lower than Monday (all figures US$). […]

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U.S. hog herd holds steady, pigs per litter set record

Jun. 29, 2013 at 2:28 am CDT

The U.S. hog herd in the latest quarter was mostly steady with a year earlier, a U.S. government report showed on Friday, and down slightly from trade forecasts. However, producers had a record number of pigs per litter during the period at 10.31, up about two per cent from a […]

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Profit-taking, cheap corn sink U.S. hog futures

Jun. 29, 2013 at 2:17 am CDT

Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures dropped on Friday pressured by profit taking and sharply lower Chicago Board of Trade corn futures, traders and analysts said. CBOT corn spiraled downward in response to larger-than-expected U.S. Department of Agriculture acreage estimates. Cattle and hog producers may feed more livestock and fatten them […]

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