Insights and Stories on Cattle

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures sag as weather stalls slaughter pace

Feb. 17, 2021 at 7:41 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle and hog futures declined on Wednesday as wintry weather and power outages hampered meat-packing operations, slowing the pace of slaughter and reducing demand for market-ready animals, traders said. Chicago Mercantile Exchange April live cattle futures settled down 1.65 cents at 124.15 cents/lb., while the […]

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures mostly firm on wintry Plains weather

Feb. 16, 2021 at 7:34 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rally

Feb. 12, 2021 at 7:55 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hogs rise to four-month high on supply woes

Feb. 11, 2021 at 6:34 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Live cattle down on profit taking

Feb. 10, 2021 at 6:22 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs end mixed after five-session rally

Feb. 9, 2021 at 7:37 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures ended mixed on Tuesday following five straight sessions of contract highs that triggered technical and speculative selling and profit taking in some futures months. The market, however, remained underpinned by strong cash hog prices, robust export demand and profitable pork packer margins, […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs rise on China disease worries

Feb. 8, 2021 at 7:07 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures rallied to new contract highs on Monday on rising concerns about the spread of a deadly pig disease in China, the world’s largest hog and pork market, and as wintry weather in the U.S. Midwest threatened to disrupt hog movement. The gains […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME hogs touch contract high for fourth straight day

Feb. 5, 2021 at 7:17 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures extended their rally on Friday, setting a contract high for the fourth consecutive day on strong demand, while live cattle futures topped a one-year high. Traders predicted Chinese buyers will continue to snap up U.S. pork after the U.S. Department of Agriculture […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME hogs touch contract high for third day

Feb. 4, 2021 at 7:17 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures climbed on Thursday, setting a contract high for the third consecutive day on firm Chinese demand, traders said. Weekly U.S. pork export sales to China, the world’s top pork consumer, reached a three-month high of 17,873 tonnes in the week ended Jan. […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hogs set contract high on strong demand, lighter weights

Feb. 3, 2021 at 5:45 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures on Wednesday reached a contract high for the second consecutive day on strong demand and a decline in farm animal weights, analysts said. Average hog weights have declined as processors have cleared a backlog of hogs on farms that began last spring […]

By Tom Polansek