Insights and Stories on Hog Futures

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end mostly weak, but off lows

Apr. 14, 2016 at 3:52 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts posted modest losses on Thursday, pressured by continued fund selling, traders said. They said, sporadic bargain hunting and solid wholesale beef demand freed contracts from session lows. Additionally, investors at times sold the April contract and simultaneously bought June […]

U.S. livestock: Fund selloff extends CME live cattle losses

Apr. 13, 2016 at 6:30 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Technical selling sends CME live cattle lower

Apr. 12, 2016 at 6:49 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking halts CME live cattle rally

Apr. 11, 2016 at 6:32 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Technical buying drives CME live cattle higher

Apr. 8, 2016 at 4:45 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rise on discounts to cash prices

Apr. 7, 2016 at 4:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts gained modestly on Thursday, with help from short-covering stirred by future’s discounts to cash prices, traders said. April live cattle ended up 0.35 cent/lb. at 132.425 cents, and June closed 0.375 cent higher at 122.225 cents (all figures US$). So […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end higher, but off session tops

Apr. 6, 2016 at 4:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts on Wednesday reversed some of Tuesday’s heavy losses, helped by short-covering and bargain hunting, traders said. April live cattle ended 1.4 cents/lb. higher at 132.075 cents, and June closed 1.1 cents higher at 121.85 (all figures US$). Futures’ price discount […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle, feeders mixed on beef declines

Apr. 4, 2016 at 4:37 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle and feeder cattle futures were flat to narrowly mixed on Monday as lower wholesale beef prices suggested demand for the meat was slowing, traders said. Lean hogs were slightly lower in light trading at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Losses in outside markets kept […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Hogs fall to 10-week lows on pork price losses

Apr. 1, 2016 at 4:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hogs tumbled to the lowest in 10 weeks on Friday as pork price declines triggered selling by technical traders and investment funds, traders and analysts said. Hogs fell more than one per cent at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, led by losses in deferred contracts […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle limit up on bearish corn data

Mar. 31, 2016 at 3:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures on Thursday settled up their 4.5-cents/lb. maximum daily price limit, spurred by the morning’s bearish government grain report, traders said. U.S. farmers intend to plant 93.6 million acres of corn and 82.2 million acres of soybeans in 2016, the U.S. […]

By Theopolis Waters