Insights and Stories on Hog Futures

U.S. livestock: Hogs rise on stronger cash markets

Oct. 11, 2017 at 6:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs climbed for the second straight session on Wednesday, buoyed by short-covering and rising cash hog prices, traders and analysts said. Live cattle and feeder cattle futures each were little-changed in relatively light-volume trading in livestock futures ahead of a U.S. Department […]

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs jump on spreading, packer demand

Oct. 10, 2017 at 5:58 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Hog futures plunge on spreading, cash markets

Oct. 6, 2017 at 5:17 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Most CME live cattle futures gain on spreads

Oct. 4, 2017 at 6:34 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Cash, pork prices send CME hogs higher

Oct. 3, 2017 at 4:28 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Bargain hunters, fund buying boost CME hogs

Oct. 2, 2017 at 4:57 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures finished sharply higher on Monday, fueled by bargain buying in the technically oversold market, said traders. They said funds helped accelerate market advances after contracts punched through technical resistance levels. October hogs, which will expire on Oct. 13, ended 1.85 […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs end quarter mostly higher on short-covering

Sep. 29, 2017 at 4:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The bulk of Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog contracts on Friday finished higher in the final trading session for the quarter, ignited by fund buying and short-covering, said traders. They said futures rallied from earlier losses on Friday and prior to late Thursday’s U.S. Department of […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs settle mostly lower before USDA report

Sep. 28, 2017 at 5:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog contracts closed lower on Thursday, pressured by profit-taking ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s quarterly hog report at 2 p.m. CT. “The industry will no doubt show herd expansion and record-large production, it’s just a question of how much,” […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Short-covering pulls up CME live cattle

Sep. 27, 2017 at 5:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Wednesday reversed some of their recent losses, with strength from technical buying and investors who covered previously held short positions, said traders. “Anyone who was short the market took a little money in profits,” said Oak Investment Group president […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Cattle limit down after bearish USDA report

Sep. 25, 2017 at 4:57 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures tumbled about two per cent on Monday after government data on Friday showed bigger-than-expected placements of cattle on feed in August. Most-active CME December live cattle dropped by the daily price limit of three cents to finish at 114.425 cents per […]

By Michael Hirtzer