Insights and Stories on Hogs

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs rise with equities

Mar. 4, 2020 at 7:40 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. livestock futures strengthened on Wednesday as gains in financial markets helped fuel a recovery from contract lows reached last week in the live cattle market. Live cattle futures have been looking to equity markets for direction as uncertainty about the impact of the coronavirus epidemic […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle ease with equities

Mar. 3, 2020 at 4:14 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME cattle rise in recovery from contract lows

Mar. 2, 2020 at 5:49 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle sink to new lows

Feb. 27, 2020 at 8:18 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle sink on fund selling

Feb. 26, 2020 at 8:12 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME cattle extend losses

Feb. 25, 2020 at 6:28 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures fell sharply for a second consecutive day on Tuesday as fears of a coronavirus pandemic stoked concerns about demand and slower global economic growth. Commodities funds liquidated more of their sizable long holdings in cattle after the U.S. […]

By Karl Plume

Canadian cattle in a feedlot with a cowboy in the background.

Cattle inventories continue to decline, StatsCan says

Feb. 25, 2020 at 11:56 am CST

MarketsFarm — Canada’s cattle herd in 2019 continued on its generally consistent path of declining numbers, according to new data Statistics Canada released Tuesday. Aside from a few slight increases in 2012, 2013 and 2018, Canadian cattle inventories have moved lower since 2005. At 11.2 million head, the reported number […]

By MarketsFarm Team

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs dive as coronavirus rattles markets

Feb. 24, 2020 at 7:24 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle and hog futures plunged on Monday as a surge of coronavirus cases beyond China stoked fears of U.S. meat export delays and slower global economic growth. The actively-traded April live cattle contract and nearly all feeder cattle contracts closed down by their […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures firm

Feb. 21, 2020 at 4:33 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures ended higher on Friday on a mild technical bounce while cattle contracts weakened. Feeder cattle contracts were under pressure from profit-taking following six straight days of gains that pushed the front-month contract to its highest since Jan. 30. CME lean hog […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hogs weaken on profit taking, cattle mixed

Feb. 20, 2020 at 4:59 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures fell from a 3-1/2 week high on Thursday on a round of mild profit-taking following four straight days of gains. Live cattle futures also were lower while feeder cattle contracts edged higher, their sixth straight day of gains. CME lean hog […]

By Mark Weinraub