Insights and Stories on Hogs

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures firm on hopes of higher cash prices

Dec. 20, 2023 at 5:07 pm CST

Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures firmed on Wednesday amid technical trading, weakness in U.S. corn futures and hopes of higher cash prices next week as packers close out the year, analysts said.

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures fall on technical trading ahead of reports

Dec. 19, 2023 at 4:16 pm CST

By Reuters Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Cattle extend advances on technical buying, firm equities

Dec. 18, 2023 at 5:23 pm CST

By Reuters Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME hogs, cattle close at highest levels since November

Dec. 15, 2023 at 5:17 pm CST

By Reuters Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs jump following recent slide

Dec. 14, 2023 at 5:15 pm CST

By Reuters Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME hogs decline further as cattle face renewed pressure

Dec. 13, 2023 at 5:31 pm CST

Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures extended a slump, as live cattle futures came under renewed pressure with broad selling hitting agricultural markets on Wednesday.

By Reuters Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME cattle rise with boxed beef prices, bounce from recent decline

Dec. 11, 2023 at 4:49 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters -- Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures advanced on Monday as wholesale beef prices increased and the market rebounded from a 2% slide last week, brokers said.

By Reuters Tom Polansek

CME cattle futures rout continues; hogs end lower

Dec. 8, 2023 at 8:40 am CST

Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange dropped on Thursday to fresh multi-month lows on technical selling and weak beef prices at a time when feedlot supplies of market-ready cattle are rising, analysts said.

By Julie Ingwersen Reuters

Smithfield Foods ends contracts with 26 US pig farms, citing oversupply

Dec. 6, 2023 at 2:03 pm CST

Smithfield Foods said it will end contracts with 26 hog farms in the U.S. state of Utah, in the latest contraction by the world's largest pork processor in the face of an industry oversupply.

By Reuters Tom Polansek

U.S. Livestock: CME cattle down sharply on fund selling, ending near week’s lows

Dec. 1, 2023 at 6:34 pm CST

Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures plunged for a second straight session on Friday on fund long liquidation, closing out a volatile week of trading in the livestock pits with prices for live and feeder cattle contracts ending near the week's lows.

By Karl Plume Reuters