Insights and Stories on Hog Futures

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle climb before USDA report

Dec. 19, 2014 at 3:40 pm CST

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Friday, on short-covering and positioning before the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle-On-Feed report at 2 p.m. CST (2000 GMT). Analysts expect the data to show high-priced calves prompted feedlots to buy fewer of them for fattening. Sluggish wholesale beef demand […]

U.S. livestock: Expanded limits break CME feeder cattle losing streak

Dec. 18, 2014 at 7:39 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle extend limit-down string to fifth day

Dec. 17, 2014 at 5:30 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle drop limit fourth straight session

Dec. 16, 2014 at 5:17 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end lower

Dec. 15, 2014 at 6:20 pm CST

By Meredith Davis

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle, lean hogs end lower

Dec. 12, 2014 at 6:24 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — CME live cattle ended lower Friday as fund selling and weak cash cattle prices weighed, traders said. Lower U.S. stocks and weak crude oil also pressured the overall livestock futures market, said Lane Broadbent of KIS Futures. “We are in a tough time of the year […]

By Meredith Davis

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle future tumble three-cent limit

Dec. 11, 2014 at 3:32 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Thinly traded Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures closed down their three cents per pound maximum daily price limit Thursday on sell stops and deferred-month live cattle market selling, traders said. The day’s corn price gains hastened CME feeder cattle losses. Traders cited the exchange’s slipping […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle, hogs end mixed after volatile session

Dec. 10, 2014 at 5:47 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed mixed after choppy action on Wednesday as investors searched for clear fundamental direction, traders said. December live cattle closed up 0.075 cent per pound at 162.475 cents, and February was down 0.2 cent, to 162.85 cents (all figures US$). […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle break losing streak

Dec. 9, 2014 at 7:10 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Tuesday on short-covering, ending five straight losing sessions, led by bearish fundamentals, traders said. December live cattle closed 0.95 cent per pound higher at 162.4 cents, and February was at 163.05 cents, up 1.175 cents (all figures […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle see biggest one-day percentage loss in three months

Dec. 8, 2014 at 6:01 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell almost two per cent on Monday, their biggest daily percentage loss since early October, partly pressured by bearish fundamentals, traders said. Sell stops and active fund selling accelerated losses that dropped December and February by their maximum three cents […]

By Theopolis Waters