Insights and Stories on Hog Futures

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs post third weekly slide

Apr. 26, 2019 at 7:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures declined on Friday, pressured by soft cash markets and long liquidation, traders said. The benchmark June lean hogs contract on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange recorded its third straight weekly decline after soaring to an April 5 contract high at 99.825 cents/lb. (all […]

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs limit down on disappointing export sales

Apr. 25, 2019 at 8:16 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures down on long liquidation

Apr. 24, 2019 at 6:51 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME lean hog futures fall on profit-taking

Apr. 23, 2019 at 5:10 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Lean hog futures lower, live cattle follow suit

Apr. 22, 2019 at 6:58 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Deferred hog futures set contract highs for fourth day

Apr. 18, 2019 at 7:16 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures set new contract highs in deferred months for a fourth consecutive day on Thursday on expectations of increased demand from China, before prices pulled back. Deferred feeder cattle futures also set contract highs. An outbreak of African swine fever in China fueled the […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Deferred CME hog futures set contract highs

Apr. 17, 2019 at 5:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures rallied to new contract highs in deferred months on Wednesday on projections that China will accelerate pork imports in the last half of the year, following an outbreak of an incurable swine disease. China is expected to import more pork to fill a […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Deferred CME hogs extend gains on China virus outbreak

Apr. 16, 2019 at 6:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures closed mixed on Tuesday as front-month contracts stumbled in a setback from recent gains, while deferred contracts rose on expectations for increased demand from China due to an outbreak of a fatal hog disease. Gains in the market have been fueled by worries […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME hogs push higher as herds in China suffer from virus

Apr. 15, 2019 at 6:30 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures closed mostly higher on Monday on increasing expectations that China will need to import more pork to compensate for hogs killed in an outbreak of an incurable swine disease. The front-month contract, which is thinly traded, set its highest price in about 21 […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs up third straight session

Apr. 12, 2019 at 6:56 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures closed higher on Friday for a third straight session on expectations that an outbreak of African swine fever in China’s hog herd would prompt the Asian country to import more pork, traders said. Traders were still digesting Thursday’s export […]

By Julie Ingwersen