Insights and Stories on Livestock

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures pause after rally

Sep. 29, 2021 at 6:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures closed mixed on Wednesday as the market paused following a surge tied to last week’s bullish quarterly hog report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), traders said. CME October lean hogs settled down 0.875 cent at 90.8 cents/lb. […]

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U.S. livestock: CME hog futures extend rally on USDA data

Sep. 28, 2021 at 7:04 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Klassen: Feeder market holds value

Sep. 28, 2021 at 8:42 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: CME hogs surge on bullish USDA data

Sep. 27, 2021 at 7:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures soared on Monday, with the most-active December contract rising its daily limit after a quarterly U.S. Department of Agriculture report showed a smaller-than-expected U.S. hog herd. CME October lean hogs settled up 2.975 cents at 90.25 cents/lb., and the […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME hogs rise, live cattle slip ahead of USDA reports

Sep. 24, 2021 at 5:31 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures climbed on Friday, largely supported by positioning ahead of a key hog inventory report issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) after the close, analysts said. Higher cash pork prices and the still-wide discount of futures to cash […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs firm on China’s herd restrictions

Sep. 23, 2021 at 6:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures firmed on Thursday, after China lowered its sow herd targets in an effort to ensure supply and stabilize prices. China’s ministry of agriculture and rural affairs said the target for its sow herd was now around 41 million head […]

By Christopher Walljasper

Britain tells its food industry to prepare for CO2 price shock

Sep. 22, 2021 at 4:00 pm CDT

London | Reuters — Britain warned its food producers on Wednesday to prepare for a 400 per cent rise in carbon dioxide prices after extending emergency state support to avert a shortage of poultry and meat triggered by soaring costs of wholesale natural gas. Natural gas prices have spiked this […]

By Guy Faulconbridge James Davey Kate Holton

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle follow packer demand down

Sep. 21, 2021 at 6:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell on Tuesday, pressured by weak cash cattle trade as packer demand remains light, analysts said. “The lack of bids is daunting,” said Joe Kooima, commodity broker at Kooima Kooima Varilek Trading Inc. Kooima noted packers have enough cattle purchased […]

By Christopher Walljasper