Insights and Stories on CME

U.S. livestock: Hogs hit one-year high as pork prices extend gains

Jun. 21, 2017 at 4:31 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures were mostly higher on Wednesday, with the front-month contract rising to the highest levels in a year on support from rising prices for wholesale pork, traders and analysts said. Chicago Mercantile Exchange July lean hogs notched life-of-contract highs for the third straight […]

CFTC fines cattle futures traders US$5 million

Jun. 21, 2017 at 3:48 pm CDT

By Reuters

Hog rally good news, but exports needed long-term

Jun. 21, 2017 at 12:58 pm CDT

By Terry Fries

U.S. livestock: Cattle settle mostly lower on technical selling

Jun. 20, 2017 at 4:23 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Hogs surge to one-year high

Jun. 19, 2017 at 4:05 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs mostly higher on short-covering

Jun. 16, 2017 at 3:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. livestock futures were mostly higher on Friday, with cattle prices stabilizing after Thursday’s multiweek lows and hogs consolidating in the middle of their recent trading ranges. Most-active Chicago Mercantile Exchange August live cattle settled 0.675 cents higher at 118.175 cents/lb. (all figures US$). June live […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Hogs ease in technical selloff

Jun. 15, 2017 at 4:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures were mostly about two per cent lower on Thursday, easing on technical selling and investment fund liquidation, traders and analysts said. Hog futures fell sharply to their session lows at 10:10 a.m. CT in what two traders called a “flash crash,” before […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle tumble limit down

Jun. 14, 2017 at 6:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle nearby contracts on Wednesday finished down their three cents/lb. daily price limit, hit by fund liquidation and lower preliminary cash prices, said traders. June and August closed limit down at 124.5 cents and 117.875 cents, respectively. Both contracts ended below their […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Hogs rebound as wholesale pork hits two-year high

Jun. 13, 2017 at 6:11 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures jumped as much as two per cent on Tuesday, rebounding from losses in the previous session on support from sharply higher wholesale pork prices, traders and analysts said. Prices for U.S. pork extended gains to the highest levels in more […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures ease on fund selling

Jun. 12, 2017 at 4:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. cattle and hog futures fell one per cent or more on Monday, pressured by chart-based and investment fund selling, traders and analysts said. Lower-than-expected prices in cash cattle markets late last week further weighed on futures, even as rising U.S. wholesale beef prices suggested meat […]

By Michael Hirtzer