Insights and Stories on Hog Futures

U.S. livestock: Supplies, trade nerves keep CME hogs on defensive

Mar. 12, 2018 at 3:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures finished mostly lower for a fourth straight session on Monday, pressured by seasonal supply buildup and continued worries about potential trade disputes, said traders. Any trade war with the U.S. will only bring disaster to the world economy, China’s commerce […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle snap back on bargain hunting

Mar. 9, 2018 at 5:00 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle down, but off seven-week lows

Mar. 8, 2018 at 3:26 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Trade war jitters drag on CME hogs

Mar. 7, 2018 at 6:40 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Supply buildup fears undercut CME live cattle

Mar. 6, 2018 at 5:29 pm CST

U.S. livestock: Pork demand, wintry weather boost CME hogs

Mar. 5, 2018 at 6:01 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rose for a second straight session on Monday, driven by improved wholesale pork prices and a winter storm churning in parts of the upper western Corn Belt, said traders. April hogs closed 1.225 cents/lb. higher at 68.8 cents, and May […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end lower

Mar. 2, 2018 at 6:35 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell on Friday on technical selling and expectations of a seasonal uptick in beef supplies as the pace of cattle slaughter increases, analysts said. “(There is) a little concern that we might have posted the smallest supply of the year, […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Spot cattle rise, deferreds weak

Mar. 1, 2018 at 4:15 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were mixed on Thursday, with the front-month contract edging higher after hitting a 2-1/2-week low on Wednesday. Deferred cattle contracts were weaker, remaining under pressure from weak cash markets. Strong export data provided support to the nearby contracts. The U.S. […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Live cattle climb on technical buying

Feb. 27, 2018 at 8:02 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher Tuesday on technical buying, halting a four-session slide that drove the benchmark April contract to a two-week low a day earlier. But the contract closed well off its session high, paring gains as cattle traders reacted to a […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Live cattle down on bearish placements data

Feb. 26, 2018 at 6:33 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell on Monday, with the benchmark April contract touching a two-week low following Friday’s bearish Cattle on Feed report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, traders said. The government on Friday reported that 2.068 million head of cattle were placed […]

By Julie Ingwersen