Insights and Stories on Hog Futures

U.S. livestock: Cattle hit six-week high on technical buying

Dec. 12, 2018 at 5:33 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures rose sharply for the second straight session on Wednesday, reaching a six-week high, on technical buying and expectations that beef packers would pay higher prices for cattle this week, traders said. Cattle futures had declined earlier on Tuesday before turning higher and […]

U.S. livestock: Cattle climb on technical buying, demand optimism

Dec. 11, 2018 at 6:16 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Live cattle, lean hogs mostly lower

Dec. 10, 2018 at 6:11 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs rebound

Dec. 7, 2018 at 5:10 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs drop on trade worry after Huawei arrest

Dec. 6, 2018 at 6:26 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs rebound on demand hopes, pork margins

Dec. 5, 2018 at 6:18 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures rebounded on Wednesday after two sessions of declines as improving meat packer margins and hopes for more pork sales to China buoyed the market. Traders are anticipating more pork sales to China following surprise sales to the world’s largest hog and pork […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs slip on trade truce worries

Dec. 4, 2018 at 7:21 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures fell for a second consecutive session on Tuesday on concern over a trade truce agreement reached over the weekend between the U.S. and China, the world’s top hog and pork market. Global stock markets tumbled on Tuesday as optimism waned that the […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs ease, await trade truce benefits

Dec. 3, 2018 at 5:38 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures closed mostly lower on Monday in a profit-taking setback from near two-highs as traders awaited further confirmation of pork purchases by China following a thaw in tense trade relations over the weekend. At a gathering of G20 countries in Argentina on Saturday, […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures up slightly

Nov. 30, 2018 at 7:05 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures closed modestly higher on Friday on short-covering after a four-session slide and concern that wintry weather in the central Plains in the coming days could slow cattle weight gain, traders said. Lean hog futures were mixed as traders awaited news on U.S.-China trade […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Hogs bounce on news of pork sales to China

Nov. 29, 2018 at 6:18 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures jumped more than four per cent on Thursday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s weekly export sales report showed that China last week placed its largest order for U.S. pork since February, traders said. The purchases are a signal that an outbreak […]

By Julie Ingwersen