Insights and Stories on Hog Futures

Nov. 13, 2014 at 3:35 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures settled higher Thursday in anticipation of steady or better prices for slaughter-ready or cash cattle this week, traders said. December closed 2.175 cents per pound higher at 169.925 cents, and February at 171.025 cents/lb. up 1.45 cents (all figures US$). […]

By Theopolis Waters

Nov. 12, 2014 at 4:17 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Wednesday following a snapback in wholesale beef prices, traders said. December closed up 0.5 cent per pound at 167.75 cents, and February 1.175 cents higher at 169.575 cents (all figures US$). The morning’s choice wholesale beef price […]

By Theopolis Waters

Nov. 11, 2014 at 6:59 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs closed higher on Tuesday in response to the morning’s wholesale pork price bounce, traders said. December and February closed up 0.35 cent per pound at 89.9 cents and 89.45 cents, respectively (all figures US$). Tuesday morning’s wholesale pork price jumped $2.97 […]

By Theopolis Waters

Nov. 10, 2014 at 3:29 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs contracts gained for a third straight session, partly on speculation that early wintry weather seeping into the U.S. Midwest could disrupt hog production, traders said. Heavy snowfall tends to snarl transportation of livestock while prolonged periods of extreme cold tend to […]

By Theopolis Waters

Oct. 31, 2014 at 4:44 pm CDT

Chicago / Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle ended lower on Friday, pressured by lower cash cattle prices and weaker overall commodities market, traders said. “The morning beef prices were not good, but commodities in general had a rough day and cattle aren’t immune to those changes,” said Dominic Varricchio, commodities broker at Schwieterman, […]

By Meredith Davis