Insights and Stories on Cattle Futures

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs drop on demand concerns, plentiful supplies

Apr. 29, 2019 at 5:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures fell for a third straight session on Monday on large supplies of hogs and worries about cooling domestic and export demand for pork, traders said. Cash pork prices were firm, but a stretch of cold and wet weather around parts of the […]

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs post third weekly slide

Apr. 26, 2019 at 7:22 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs limit down on disappointing export sales

Apr. 25, 2019 at 8:16 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures down on long liquidation

Apr. 24, 2019 at 6:51 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME lean hog futures fall on profit-taking

Apr. 23, 2019 at 5:10 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Klassen: Feeder market remains volatile

Apr. 23, 2019 at 10:10 am CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $3-$5 on either side of unchanged. Many auction barns were closed last week and the ones holding sales had smaller numbers. Quality packages of yearlings were on the higher end of the range while smaller groups of fleshier replacements were […]

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Lean hog futures lower, live cattle follow suit

Apr. 22, 2019 at 6:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. hog futures declined on Monday on a mix of softer cash hog prices and technical selling after a run-up to contract highs earlier this month, traders said. Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures followed hogs lower. The benchmark June lean hogs contract fell roughly 3 percent, settling […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Deferred hog futures set contract highs for fourth day

Apr. 18, 2019 at 7:16 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures set new contract highs in deferred months for a fourth consecutive day on Thursday on expectations of increased demand from China, before prices pulled back. Deferred feeder cattle futures also set contract highs. An outbreak of African swine fever in China fueled the […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Deferred CME hog futures set contract highs

Apr. 17, 2019 at 5:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures rallied to new contract highs in deferred months on Wednesday on projections that China will accelerate pork imports in the last half of the year, following an outbreak of an incurable swine disease. China is expected to import more pork to fill a […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Deferred CME hogs extend gains on China virus outbreak

Apr. 16, 2019 at 6:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures closed mixed on Tuesday as front-month contracts stumbled in a setback from recent gains, while deferred contracts rose on expectations for increased demand from China due to an outbreak of a fatal hog disease. Gains in the market have been fueled by worries […]

By Tom Polansek