Insights and Stories on Hog Futures

U.S. livestock: CME hogs book biggest one-week climb since April

Jul. 12, 2019 at 5:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures closed higher on Friday and the most-active August contract recorded its biggest weekly gain since April, supported by expectations of thinning U.S. hog supplies, traders said. A glut of hogs has hung over the futures market for months, but […]

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs end lower

Jul. 11, 2019 at 7:19 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Hogs up on technical buying, cash values

Jul. 10, 2019 at 7:00 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up on firming cash pork, China hopes

Jul. 9, 2019 at 7:09 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs down on ample supplies

Jul. 8, 2019 at 7:14 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle jump on firmer cash trade

Jul. 5, 2019 at 7:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures settled higher on Friday and set a one-month top, buoyed by higher cash cattle trades in northern states including Nebraska and Iowa, traders said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed that more than 22,000 head of cattle traded […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs end down, live cattle up

Jul. 3, 2019 at 4:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures closed lower on Wednesday on technical selling including profit-taking and long liquidation ahead of the U.S. Independence Day holiday, along with bearish supply fundamentals, traders said. CME’s benchmark August lean hogs contract ended down 0.6 cent at 78.375 cents/lb., […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Nearby lean hogs firm on bargain-buying, China hopes

Jul. 2, 2019 at 6:47 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) nearby lean hog futures closed higher on Tuesday for a second session on technical buying after last week’s multimonth lows and hopes that a resumption of U.S.-China trade talks could spur export demand for U.S. pork, traders said. U.S. President Donald Trump […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs up on trade hopes, falling corn prices

Jul. 1, 2019 at 7:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures rose on Monday on a mix of technical buying, falling corn prices and muted optimism about the weekend resumption of U.S.-China trade negotiations, traders said. “Lean hog futures (received) support from hopes of more Chinese buying after weekend talks […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Nearby lean hogs drop on continued herd expansion

Jun. 28, 2019 at 7:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures were mixed on Friday, with nearby contracts pressured by plentiful supplies of hogs and pork and deferred months buoyed by signs of a slowing multi-year U.S. hog herd expansion, traders said. Actively traded nearby contracts posted steep declines after […]

By Karl Plume