Insights and Stories on Beef

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs slip

Aug. 19, 2022 at 5:07 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures slipped on Friday, with the most-active contract dipping to a nearly six-week low during the session, as weak export demand continued to weigh on futures, analysts said. Meanwhile, a government report, released after the CME closed, said that far more […]

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs fall on weak exports

Aug. 18, 2022 at 5:11 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle firm, drought accelerates selling

Aug. 17, 2022 at 5:59 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, feeder cattle set multi-month highs

Aug. 16, 2022 at 6:35 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs firm on cash strength

Aug. 15, 2022 at 7:45 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: Lean hog, live cattle futures down on profit-taking

Aug. 12, 2022 at 7:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures closed lower on Friday on cooling wholesale pork prices and profit-taking at week’s end, a day after the benchmark October contract set a life-of-contract high. Cattle futures also set back on profit-taking, but the most-active October live cattle contract posted […]

By Julie Ingwersen

JBS quarterly profit falls almost 10 per cent but tops estimates

Aug. 11, 2022 at 7:19 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — JBS, the world’s largest meatpacker, posted an almost 10 per cent drop in net profits, to US$766 million, driven by the relative weakness of its U.S. beef and pork units in the second quarter, according to an earnings statement on Thursday. Still, it beat analysts’ […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle, hogs firm on meaty consumer demand

Aug. 11, 2022 at 5:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose on Thursday, with several back months hitting new life-of-contract highs on thin trading, as domestic demand for beef this summer continues to be stronger than expected, traders said. Meanwhile, lean hog futures rose — with the October and December […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: Hog, cattle futures up on broad commodities rally

Aug. 10, 2022 at 7:52 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rose on Wednesday, with the October contract hitting a life-of-contract high on brisk pork demand and broad strength in commodities on signs of decelerating U.S. inflation, traders said. Livestock and other commodities rose along with Wall Street equity markets as […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures dip in technical, profit-taking pullback

Aug. 9, 2022 at 5:30 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell on Tuesday in a technical-selling and profit-taking setback from 3-1/2 month highs posted in the prior session. Sharply lower feeder cattle futures amid higher corn feed costs put further pressure on live cattle contracts, as both livestock markets took […]

By Karl Plume